# ruby/rubygems

Library packaging and distribution for Ruby.

Repository: https://github.com/ruby/rubygems
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rubygems
Homepage: https://rubygems.org/
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: rubygems, ruby, package-manager
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:30:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5983, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 74}
- 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 3954, forks 1935 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.468504+00:00)

## What it is
RubyGems is the package management framework for Ruby, providing the `gem` command to install, create, manage, and load gems (Ruby packages). It also serves as the client for RubyGems.org, the community's public gem hosting and publishing service.

## Use cases
- install ruby gems
- publish a ruby library
- manage ruby package dependencies
- create a rubygem package
- find ruby libraries
- upgrade rubygems system
- host a private gem server

## When to choose
- you develop in Ruby and need to install or manage gems
- you want to publish a reusable Ruby library to the community
- you need dependency management integrated with Bundler
- you want to run a private gem server for your organization

## When to avoid
- you are not working in the Ruby ecosystem
- you need a package manager for another language like npm or pip
- you need OS-level package management rather than language packages

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools, dependency-audit, security
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, version-control, security
- platform: ruby, cli, cross-platform
- tags: rubygems, gems, bundler, ruby-ecosystem, gem-hosting, dependency-management

## Member repositories
- ruby/rubygems (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.468504+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 2026-08-29T18:24:30.531988+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ruby/rubygems (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.468504+00:00, sha 70c448e44877)
  - homepage: https://rubygems.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:04.890739+00:00, sha 1123eb3e33dd)
  - site_page: https://guides.rubygems.org/command-reference (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:04.899826+00:00, sha ef62154d6253)
  - site_page: https://rubygems.org/pages/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:04.903164+00:00, sha e4248571fa5d)
  - site_page: https://rubygems.org/pages/download (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:04.904893+00:00, sha ed43802e2731)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.