# Rails standalone App

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-standalone-app/88978>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 16, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-standalone-app/88978 "2007-03-16T01:11:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanstewart)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-standalone-app/88978/1 "2007-03-16T01:11:03Z")

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How can I get my app into a standalone like Vision (http://  
[vision.shopify.com/](http://vision.shopify.com/)). Basically it is a Rails APP that can be  
launched from the desktop. It opens up a terminal like window and  
automatically launches the App in a browser. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanstewart)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-standalone-app/88978/2 "2007-03-16T01:38:57Z")

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seanstewart wrote:

> How can I get my app into a standalone like Vision (http://  
> [vision.shopify.com/](http://vision.shopify.com/)). Basically it is a Rails APP that can be  
> launched from the desktop. It opens up a terminal like window and  
> automatically launches the App in a browser. Any ideas?

I think this does what you want  
[http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html](http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html)

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**Author:** ![seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanstewart)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-standalone-app/88978/3 "2007-03-16T03:18:12Z")

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I am able to follow the tutorial and get myapp\_darwin…but it has no  
instructions on how to run it

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**Author:** ![seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@seanstewart](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seanstewart)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-standalone-app/88978/4 "2007-03-16T08:52:34Z")

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 01:38:57AM +0100, Alex W. wrote :

> I think this does what you want  
> [http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html](http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html)

Anyone has already tested this solution? What about  
[http://blog.zenspider.com/archives/zenobfuscate/](http://blog.zenspider.com/archives/zenobfuscate/) or parsTree?

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