because some people like to point and click. I don't think command line utility would be very fun to use. you would have to open the files in a text editor, at

because some people like to point and click. I don't think command line utility would be very fun to use. you would have to open the files in a text editor, at which stage you might as well cut it by hand :). I know both TextMate and vim can extract fragments into rails partials. We are using this for all new projects and its MUCH easier then using a text editor (or command line for that matter) it could be an open source rails application, of course, but so is a lot of other commercial projects out there :) It is free for now and we don't plan on adding payments right away (and basics will probably stay free forever), but we do think about monetizing it some day. For now though we are focused on creating something that people will like and use.