List of Ruby software and tools

This is a list of software and programming tools for the Ruby programming language, which includes libraries, web frameworks, implementations, tools, and related projects.

• Capistrano (software) – remote server automation tool
• Mongrel – Ruby web server
• Ruby on Rails – full-stack web application framework
• Sinatra – lightweight Ruby web application framework
• Spree Commerce – e-commerce platform
• WEBrick – Ruby HTTP server toolkit

• BioRuby – bioinformatics and computational biology library for Ruby
• Bogus – Ruby library for creating reliable test doubles with contract verification
• ERuby – embedded Ruby templating
• EventMachine – event-driven I/O library
• Factory Bot – test fixtures library
• Fat comma – Ruby library for JSON-like hash syntax
• Geocoder – Ruby library for geocoding and reverse geocoding addresses
• Haml – HTML templating engine
• Markaby – HTML generation via Ruby
• Nokogiri – XML/HTML parsing library
• RSpec – behavior-driven testing framework for Ruby
• RubyGems – package manager for Ruby libraries and applications
• Sass – CSS preprocessor
• Sidekiq – background job framework for Ruby, used to handle asynchronous tasks.
• Uconv – Unicode text conversion library
• Watir – web application testing framework

• HotRuby – Ruby interpreter implemented in JavaScript, enabling Ruby code to run in web browsers.
• IronRuby – Ruby for .NET platform
• JRuby – Ruby on the Java Virtual Machine
• MacRuby – Ruby implementation for macOS
• Mod ruby – Apache module that embeds the Ruby interpreter to improve performance of Ruby web applications
• Mruby – lightweight Ruby interpreter
• Rubinius – Ruby implementation with VM
• Ruby MRI – the standard Ruby interpreter
• YARV – "Yet Another Ruby VM," the bytecode interpreter used in modern Ruby implementations

• Homebrew – package manager for macOS and Linux written in Ruby
• Pry – interactive Ruby shell
• Rake – Ruby build and task management
• Ruby Version Manager – Ruby environment manager
• RubyCocoa – bridge between Ruby and Cocoa
• RubyForge – Ruby project hosting site
• RubyMine – Ruby IDE by JetBrains
• RubyMotion – Ruby for iOS/macOS development
• RubySpec – Ruby language specification tests

• Airbnb
• Basecamp
• Diaspora – decentralized social network application built with Ruby on Rails
• Discourse – open-source discussion platform built with Ruby on Rails
• Fiverr
• GitHub
• Hulu
• Shopify
• SoundCloud
• Twitch^[1]
• Zendesk

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• Network Applied Communication Laboratory (NaCl) – Ruby research lab
• Ruby Central – Ruby advocacy organization
• RubyKaigi – annual Ruby conference

• asyraffff/Open-Source-Ruby-and-Rails-Apps
• Awesome Ruby
• TOP 65 Ruby Open Source Projects in 2025