# rubyide/vscode-ruby

Provides Ruby language and debugging support for Visual Studio Code

Repository: https://github.com/rubyide/vscode-ruby
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-ruby
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rebornix.Ruby
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-07-18T23:10:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3843, "days_push": 1142, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1255, forks 282 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:08.912102+00:00)

## What it is
A monorepo of Visual Studio Code extensions providing Ruby language support, including syntax highlighting, snippets, linting, formatting, a language server, and debugging. The project is deprecated in favor of Shopify's ruby-lsp and vscode-ruby-lsp.

## Use cases
- get Ruby syntax highlighting and snippets in VS Code
- debug Ruby programs from VS Code
- lint Ruby code with RuboCop, Standard, or Reek
- format Ruby files with RuboCop, Rufo, or Prettier
- detect Ruby environments managed by rvm, rbenv, chruby, or asdf
- run a Ruby language server for IntelliSense in VS Code

## When to choose
- you are stuck on an older VS Code setup and need basic Ruby highlighting and debugging
- you need a legacy Ruby extension compatible with ruby-debug-ide workflows

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Ruby project - use Shopify's ruby-lsp and vscode-ruby-lsp instead
- you need actively maintained language server features or up-to-date VS Code API compatibility

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, documentation, testing
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: ruby, vscode-extension, language-server, debugger, syntax-highlighting, linting, code-formatting, deprecated

## Member repositories
- rubyide/vscode-ruby (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.912102+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 2026-08-30T05:07:21.101396+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rubyide/vscode-ruby (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.912102+00:00, sha b714dd7cdb53)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rebornix.Ruby (fetched 2026-08-29T12:17:49.776027+00:00, sha cab741b42eec)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery (fetched 2026-08-29T12:17:49.785591+00:00, sha 8055fea4340e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.