Encoding Ruby on Rails code?

Question

Are there any applications out there that will let me encode my Ruby on Rails code so others can't read it? I plan on selling a few small applications, but I really don't want everyone knowing my code.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Only example I have seen in the wild is Mingle from ThoughtWorks, which runs on JRuby, which I think they must have modified in some way to run the encrypted code.

http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/mingle-agile-project-management

I think they may have used something like this AOT compiler: http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/RailsAOT

This also looks promising: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/10/rubyencoder

Check out this answer for other ideas. Can you Distribute a Ruby on Rails Application without Source?