# geminabox/geminabox

Really simple rubygem hosting

Repository: https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/geminabox
Homepage: https://tomlea.co.uk/p/gem-in-a-box
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby, gem, rubygems, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-10T15:11:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 74, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6082, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 92, "gap_med": 50.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1547, forks 323 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:01.799858+00:00)

## What it is
Geminabox is a really simple self-hosted RubyGems server that lets you host and push your own gems just like rubygems.org. It supports the Bundler dependencies API out of the box and leaves authentication to the web server or Rack middleware.

## Use cases
- host private ruby gems internally
- self-host a rubygems server
- push gems to a private registry with gem push
- serve internal gems to bundler
- replace rubygems.org for private packages
- set up a scoped gem source in a Gemfile

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, simple private gem server for Ruby projects
- you want gem push compatibility with existing RubyGems tooling
- you need Bundler dependency API support without heavy infrastructure

## When to avoid
- you need gem proxying/caching of rubygems.org (removed in 4.0)
- you need fine-grained access control beyond Rack-level auth
- you host packages for ecosystems other than Ruby

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, package-manager, auth
- domain: developer-tools, self-hosted, version-control
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: rubygems, gem-hosting, rack, bundler, private-registry, web-server

## Member repositories
- geminabox/geminabox (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.799858+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:30:29.282668+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/geminabox/geminabox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.799858+00:00, sha b6798b23a903)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.