# oneclick/rubyinstaller

RubyInstaller for Windows - Build recipes

Repository: https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rubyinstaller
Homepage: http://rubyinstaller.org
Language: Ruby
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-05-22T05:12:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6408, "days_push": 1929, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1184, forks 297 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.795017+00:00)

## What it is
RubyInstaller for Windows build recipes: a collection of Rake recipes that download the MinGW toolchain and compile the Ruby interpreter, its dependencies, and a DevKit package for building native C-based RubyGems on Windows. This repository covers Ruby 2.3 and older; Ruby 2.4+ is handled by the separate RubyInstaller2 project.

## Use cases
- install ruby on windows
- build ruby from source on windows
- set up a devkit to compile native ruby gems
- compile c-extension rubygems with mingw
- create a windows installer for ruby
- maintain legacy ruby 2.3 or older on windows

## When to choose
- you need to build or package Ruby 2.3 or older for Windows
- you want to reproduce or contribute to the original RubyInstaller build pipeline
- you need a DevKit (MSYS/MinGW) setup for compiling native gems on old Ruby versions

## When to avoid
- you want to install Ruby 2.4 or newer on Windows - use RubyInstaller2 instead
- you just want to run Ruby on a modern Windows machine - download a current RubyInstaller release
- you are on Linux or macOS - use your system package manager or a version manager like rvm/rbenv

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, build-tool, compiler
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows, ruby
- tags: rubyinstaller, mingw, devkit, windows-installer, build-recipes, legacy

## Member repositories
- oneclick/rubyinstaller (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.795017+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 2026-08-30T06:24:20.217773+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.795017+00:00, sha 1ae20635d39a)
  - homepage: http://rubyinstaller.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:25.527170+00:00, sha e77e0511f195)
  - site_page: https://rubyinstaller.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:25.529768+00:00, sha 3b1ff58707d7)
  - site_page: https://rubyinstaller.org/2025/01/19/rubyinstaller-3.4.1-2-released.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:25.531515+00:00, sha 09772e979493)
  - site_page: https://rubyinstaller.org/2024/11/20/fundraiser-for-arm64.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:25.533261+00:00, sha f65606cfd5df)
  - site_page: https://rubyinstaller.org/2023/12/26/rubyinstaller-3.3.0-1-released.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:25.534803+00:00, sha 53c2f63fbfb9)
  - site_page: https://rubyinstaller.org/about/comparison (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:25.536397+00:00, sha fa61cb115353)
  - site_page: https://rubyinstaller.org/about/contributors (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:25.538019+00:00, sha 272392c5572b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.