There are a few projects underway here at New Artisans, written and designed by John Wiegley. Below is a brief summary of some of the larger ones. To download any of them, proceed to the “Downloads” section.

Ledger

Ledger is a command-line, double-entry accounting tool. It reports on data managed by the user in a plain text file, using a very simple yet expressive format. It’s suitable for regular checkbook balancing, but also for commodities trading, multi-currency situations, budgeting and watching for trends in your retirement funds.

Ready Lisp

Ready Lisp is a binding together of several popular Common Lisp packages especially for Mac OS X, including: Aquamacs, SBCL and SLIME.  Once downloaded, you’ll have a single application bundle which you can double-click — and find yourself in a fully configured Common Lisp REPL.

It’s ideal for OS X users who want to try out the beauty of Common Lisp with a minimum of hassle. It could also be used by teachers to give their Mac students a free, complete Common Lisp environment to take home with them.

Runner

Runner is a CLI wrapper for Apple OS X. Unlike other CLI wrapper tools, like Platypus, it does not require you to create a new wrapper application for every command you want to wrap. Simple run the Runner app binary directly from the command, passing in the arguments of your command, and it will execute them within a GUI shell where you can pause, restart or quit the app.

© 2008 John Wiegley