# ruby/ruby

The Ruby Programming Language

Repository: https://github.com/ruby/ruby
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ruby
Homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org/
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ruby, c, language, object-oriented, ruby-language, jit, rust, programming-language
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:30:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6031, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 14.5, "n_releases_24m": 33}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 23685, forks 5627 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:35.187221+00:00)

## What it is
The official Ruby programming language implementation, an interpreted object-oriented language with a JIT compiler, written in C and Rust. It includes the interpreter, standard tooling, and cross-platform build system for running Ruby programs.

## Use cases
- run ruby scripts
- build web applications with ruby
- scripting and text processing
- learn an object-oriented programming language
- develop command-line tools in ruby
- contribute to the ruby language itself

## When to choose
- you want to write or run Ruby code
- you need a portable, expressive scripting language for web development or automation
- you want a mature language with garbage collection and rich object-oriented features

## When to avoid
- you need maximum raw performance for compute-heavy workloads
- your team or ecosystem is standardized on another language
- you need statically checked types at compile time

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: interpreter, programming-language
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: ruby, object-oriented, jit, scripting, language-implementation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ruby/ruby (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:35.187221+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 2026-08-29T16:56:22.229967+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ruby/ruby (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:35.187221+00:00, sha 864a3ff9e678)
  - homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:02.732860+00:00, sha 5507d441e35f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.