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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,

Developers create libraries as gems and publish them to rubygems.org; users install gems with gem install or

RubyGems.org is a central component of the Ruby ecosystem, supporting thousands of gems and a large developer

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.
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.
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.