# technicalpickles/jeweler

Opinionated tool for creating and managing Rubygem projects

Repository: https://github.com/technicalpickles/jeweler
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jeweler
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-01-03T03:53:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6534, "days_push": 2068, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1472, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.418580+00:00)

## What it is
Jeweler is an opinionated Ruby tool for creating and managing RubyGem projects, providing a scaffold generator for new gems and Rake tasks for versioning, testing, documentation, and releasing to rubygems.org. It is now in maintenance mode, with new development directed to its successor Juwelier.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new ruby gem project
- manage gem versioning and releases with rake tasks
- publish a gem to rubygems.org
- generate a gem skeleton with tests and license files
- automate rubygem release workflow

## When to choose
- you maintain an existing gem already built with Jeweler
- you need a minimal, opinionated gem scaffolding workflow in Ruby

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new gem project - use Juwelier or bundler's gem template instead
- you need modern features or active support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, package-manager, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: ruby, cli, cross-platform
- tags: rubygems, gem-development, scaffold-generator, rake-tasks, project-scaffolding, automation

## Member repositories
- technicalpickles/jeweler (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.418580+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 2026-08-30T04:34:44.111658+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/technicalpickles/jeweler (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.418580+00:00, sha 120f23498967)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.