# rubygems/rubygems.org

The Ruby community's gem hosting service.

Repository: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rubygemsorg
Homepage: https://rubygems.org
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby, rubygems, package-manager
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:44:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6425, "days_push": 7, "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 2437, forks 1019 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:51.483742+00:00)

## What it is
RubyGems.org is the Ruby community's central gem hosting service, a Rails application that lets developers publish, search, and install Ruby gems. The repository contains the site's source code, including the Rails app and the gem processor that stores uploaded gems in Amazon S3.

## Use cases
- host ruby gems for the community
- publish a ruby gem to a public registry
- search and install ruby gems
- run my own private gem server
- query the rubygems api for gem metadata
- contribute to the ruby package registry codebase

## When to choose
- you need the canonical public registry for Ruby gems
- you want to self-host a gem server based on the same code
- you want to contribute to or integrate with the RubyGems.org API

## When to avoid
- you just need to install gems - use the rubygems/bundler client instead
- you need a package registry for another language ecosystem
- you want a lightweight private registry without running a full Rails app

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, api-framework, web-framework, file-upload, search-engine
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, apis, web-development
- platform: ruby, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: rubygems, gem-hosting, rails, package-registry, bundler, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- rubygems/rubygems.org (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.483742+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 2026-08-30T02:31:00.596879+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.483742+00:00, sha aa1da4a23d8a)
  - homepage: https://rubygems.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:20.579436+00:00, sha 1fa2c4e60a31)
  - site_page: https://guides.rubygems.org/command-reference (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:20.582118+00:00, sha ef62154d6253)
  - site_page: https://rubygems.org/pages/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:20.585556+00:00, sha e4248571fa5d)
  - site_page: https://rubygems.org/pages/download (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:20.587463+00:00, sha ed43802e2731)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.