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Daily GitHub Project Recommendation: try — An Elegant “Home” for Your Code Experiments!

Have you ever had this experience: to test a new framework or API, you haphazardly created a bunch of folders like test, test2, and new-test-final on your desktop? Or even worse, you wrote code directly in /tmp, only to see your hard work vanish after a reboot?

Today’s recommendation, try, is a tool born exactly for your “beautifully messy mind.” With over 2,673 stars on GitHub, it has become a favorite among developers.

🌟 Project Highlights

try is a minimalist command-line interface (CLI) tool designed to provide an organized home for every one of your small experiments.

  • Intelligent Fuzzy Search: It goes beyond simple substring matching. Type rds to find redis-server, or connpool to match connection-pool.
  • Weighted Sorting: It doesn’t just search; it understands your habits. Recently accessed projects are automatically pinned to the top, helping you instantly pick up your train of thought from yesterday.
  • Automated Naming Conventions: Simply use try [name] to quickly create directories with date prefixes, such as 2025-08-17-redis-experiment, saving you from the “naming struggle.”
  • Deep Git Integration: It supports cloning repositories directly into date-prefixed directories or using git worktree to quickly start a clean workspace within your current repository for experimentation.

🛠️ Technical Details & Use Cases

Developed in Ruby, the project’s standout technical feature is its lightweight and zero-dependency nature. It is essentially a single-file Ruby script, which means you can run it in seconds on almost any system with Ruby installed.

Ideal Scenarios:

  • Learning New Tech: Try out a new library without polluting your main project directory.
  • Bug Reproduction: Quickly set up a minimal reproducible environment.
  • Temporary Scripts: Give those late-night sparks of inspiration a permanent home.

🚀 Getting Started

Installation is simple; RubyGems is the recommended method:

gem install try-cli
# 然后根据你的 Shell (Bash/Zsh/Fish) 初始化
eval "$(try init)"

After that, simply type try to enter the interactive interface, or try redis to quickly jump to or create a relevant experiment directory.

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/tobi/try

💡 Blogger’s Review

As the author says, “Your brain doesn’t work in tidy folders.” try solves more than just file organization; it eliminates the psychological friction of “starting an experiment.” It acts like a dedicated scratchpad for code, allowing you to try any idea without mental overhead. If you are a developer who loves tinkering with new tech and has a computer full of various test folders, this tool will definitely double your productivity!

Go find a home for your experiments! 🏠