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RubyGems.org is the official online repository and hosting service for RubyGems, the package manager for the Ruby programming language. It serves as the primary index for Ruby libraries, commonly referred to as gems. The site provides hosting for gem files, accompanying metadata, and tools to browse, publish, and manage gems.

The service offers a web interface to search for gems, view metadata such as version history, authors, licenses, and dependencies, and see release notes. It provides a public API used by the RubyGems command line tools and Bundler to fetch gem information, resolve dependencies, and install gems. Maintainers publish new versions by authenticating with a RubyGems.org account and using the gem push workflow. The platform tracks version history and provides download statistics and indicators of gem popularity.

Developers create libraries as gems and publish them to rubygems.org; users install gems with gem install or via Bundler in a project's Gemfile. Bundler resolves dependencies by consulting the index on rubygems.org. The site supports publishing guidelines and security practices to help maintain package integrity.

RubyGems.org is a central component of the Ruby ecosystem, supporting thousands of gems and a large developer community. It distributes open source software and assists with versioning, dependency management, and discovery of libraries. The service is widely used to share and manage Ruby software, helping developers reuse and distribute code across projects.