matz/spinel

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2265 stars · 158 forks observed · 2026-10-21

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Spinel is an ahead-of-time compiler that translates Ruby source code into standalone native executables via whole-program type inference and C code generation. It ships as a single self-contained C binary and includes a cargo-style project tool (`spin`) for scaffolding, dependency resolution, building, and testing.

Use cases

• compile ruby scripts into standalone native binaries
• speed up ruby programs with ahead-of-time compilation
• build a ruby cli app without requiring a ruby runtime
• scaffold and manage a ruby project with a cargo-like tool
• run whole-program type inference on ruby code
• bundle ruby dependencies into a single executable

When to choose

• you want to distribute Ruby programs as dependency-free native executables
• you need faster execution than CRuby for your Ruby code
• you prefer a self-contained compiler with a modern project workflow tool

When to avoid

• you rely heavily on dynamic Ruby metaprogramming that static type inference cannot handle
• you need runtime gem loading or C extension builds at runtime
• you want a compiler installable as a RubyGem

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

compiler programming-language build-tool type-system cli compilers programming-languages developer-tools performance cli cross-platform ruby aot-compilation type-inference native-executables package-manager prism-parser command-line linux macos

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