Who should use Winnower?

Winnower is an open-source project built for ruby developers.

Does Winnower have a free plan?

Yes — Winnower is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.

What platforms does Winnower run on?

Winnower runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.

Is Winnower still active?

Unverified. Winnower has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Winnower?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Hydro, alovia-watchdog, and WuYueSDK.

Winnower is developed by rubifex.

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Winnower

Name: Winnower
Author: rubifex

github.comInfrastructure

Winnower is a pure Ruby fuzzy subsequence matching library that scores candidate strings and highlights matched characters. It supports incremental filtering for developers building search, autocomplete, and command-palette interfaces.

Open SourceWebSelf-hostedCLI

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Overview

5 features

Winnower is a Frameworks & SDKs project. It focuses on finding and ranking partial text matches in Ruby applications without implementing fuzzy matching logic. It is built as an open-source project for ruby developers. Winnower is open source under the Open Source license. It ships for the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

It is developed by rubifex. Among its 5 catalogued features are fuzzy matching, match scoring, and match highlighting.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Fuzzy matching
Match scoring
Match highlighting
Incremental filtering
Pure Ruby

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserSelf-hostedCLI

Trust & compliance

License

Open Source

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen SourceFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed9 Sept · 22:19 UTC
winnower verified via RubyGems just-updated
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Frequently asked questions about Winnower

What is Winnower?: Winnower focuses on finding and ranking partial text matches in Ruby applications without implementing fuzzy matching logic. It is catalogued under Frameworks & SDKs on PulseGate.
Who should use Winnower?: Winnower is an open-source project built for ruby developers.
Does Winnower have a free plan?: Yes — Winnower is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does Winnower run on?: Winnower runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Winnower still active?: Unverified. Winnower has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Winnower?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Hydro, alovia-watchdog, and WuYueSDK.Hydro alovia-watchdog WuYueSDK
Who makes Winnower?: Winnower is developed by rubifex.
Is Winnower open source?: Yes — Winnower is open source under the Open Source license.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Web
Languages: English
License: Open Source
First seen: 9 Sept 2026
Built for: Ruby developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Finding and ranking partial text matches in Ruby applications without implementing fuzzy matching logic.

Developer

rubifex

Index record

Indexed: 9 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 9 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: winnower-github-com
Lifecycle state recorded: 9 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 9 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 9 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://github.com/rubifex/winnower

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