BetterThread

Ruby's Thread with timeout

bt = BetterThread.new timeout: 3 do
  sleep 5
end

bt.join # joins after 3 seconds

bt.timeout? # true

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'better_thread'

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/matti/better-thread

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.