mojombo/grit
**Grit is no longer maintained. Check out libgit2/rugged.** Grit gives you object oriented read/write access to Git repositories via Ruby. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6883
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1112
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2034 stars · 512 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Grit is a Ruby library providing object-oriented read/write access to Git repositories, mixing shell-outs to the git binary with pure Ruby reimplementations. It was developed to power GitHub but is explicitly no longer maintained, with rugged recommended as its successor.
Use cases
- read commits from a git repository in ruby
- traverse git trees and blobs programmatically
- write to git repositories from a ruby application
- build git repository browsing features
- inspect commit history of a repo
When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy ruby codebase already using grit
- you need a pure-ruby object model over git data and cannot use libgit2 bindings
When to avoid
- starting a new ruby project that needs git access - use rugged instead
- you need maintained software or bug fixes
- you need modern git features or performance
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
version-control developer-tools version-control developer-tools ruby git ruby-gem object-oriented-api unmaintained linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mojombo/grit · fetched 2026-08-28 · 777cac2e8aed
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mojombo/grit | main | 32 |
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