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Ruby

Browse the top Ruby repositories ranked by star count. Compare similar projects to find the best fit for your stack.

Repositories
50Updated Oct 10, 2026
Combined Stars
1.2M
Top-3 Concentration
14%
Recently Active
43Led by Homebrew

Top Repositories

Top 3
1st#1

rails/rails

Ruby on Rails

58.8KStars
24.8KForks
YesterdayUpdated
RubyMITsince 2008
2nd#2

maybe-finance/maybe

The personal finance app for everyone

54.2KStars
5.7KForks
1 years agoUpdated
RubyAGPL-3.0since 2024
Archived
3rd#3

jekyll/jekyll

:globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby

51.7KStars
10.3KForks
3 weeks agoUpdated
RubyMITsince 2008

Full ranking

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Repository
Language
Stars
Forks
Updated
04
mastodon/mastodon
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
est. 2016
Ruby
50.4K
7.5K
Today
05
huginn/huginn
Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!
est. 2013
Ruby
50K
4.3K
Today
06
Homebrew/brew
🍺 The Package Manager for Everywhere
est. 2016
Ruby
50K
11.4K
Today
07
discourse/discourse
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
est. 2013
Ruby
48K
9K
Today
08
fastlane/fastlane
🚀 The easiest way to automate building and releasing your iOS and Android apps
est. 2014
Ruby
42.2K
6K
Yesterday
09
freeCodeCamp/devdocs
API Documentation Browser
est. 2013
Ruby
39.5K
2.7K
Yesterday
10
rapid7/metasploit-framework
Metasploit Framework
est. 2011
Ruby
39.1K
15K
2 days ago
11
kilimchoi/engineering-blogs
A curated list of engineering blogs
est. 2015
Ruby
38.8K
2K
2 years ago
12
chatwoot/chatwoot
Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. 🔥💬
est. 2019
Ruby
37.7K
9.2K
Today
13
bayandin/awesome-awesomeness
A curated list of awesome awesomeness
est. 2014
Ruby
33.7K
3.6K
2 years ago
14
hashicorp/vagrant
Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.
est. 2010
Ruby
27.2K
4.4K
1 weeks ago
15
matteocrippa/awesome-swift
A collaborative list of awesome Swift libraries and resources. Feel free to contribute!
est. 2014
Ruby
26.3K
3.1K
1 months ago
16
gitlabhq/gitlabhq
GitLab CE Mirror | Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com
est. 2011
Ruby
24.6K
6K
Today
17
heartcombo/devise
Flexible authentication solution for Rails with Warden.
est. 2009
Ruby
24.4K
5.5K
4 days ago
18
ruby/ruby
The Ruby Programming Language
est. 2010
Ruby
23.8K
5.7K
Today
19
forem/forem
For empowering community 🌱
est. 2016
Ruby
22.8K
4.2K
Yesterday
20
Homebrew/homebrew-cask
🍻 Default casks (upstream binary packages) for the package manager for everywhere
est. 2012
Ruby
22.2K
12K
Today
21
lewagon/setup
Setup instructions for Le Wagon's students on their first day of AI Software Development Bootcamp
est. 2014
Ruby
19.6K
1.6K
1 weeks ago
22
docusealco/docuseal
Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents ✍️
est. 2023
Ruby
18.7K
1.9K
5 days ago
23
postalserver/postal
📮 A fully featured open source mail delivery platform for incoming & outgoing e-mail
est. 2017
Ruby
16.9K
1.3K
4 days ago
24
opf/openproject
OpenProject is the leading open source project management software for product, project and portfolio management. A powerful Jira alternative with agile planning, issue tracking, roadmaps, Gantt charts, time tracking, collaboration features, and more. Available on premises or in the cloud. ⭐ Star us on GitHub
est. 2012
Ruby
16.4K
3.5K
Today
25
spree/spree
Open Source Platform for DTC, B2B Commerce, Marketplaces & Omnichannel. REST APIs, TypeScript SDKs, and production-ready Next.js storefront. Self-host it. Own your data. No vendor lock-in. Zero platform fees.
est. 2008
Ruby
15.7K
5.3K
Today
26
Homebrew/homebrew-core
🍻 Default and OSS formulae (built-from-source packages) for the package manager for everywhere
est. 2016
Ruby
15.6K
13.9K
Today
27
CocoaPods/CocoaPods
The Cocoa Dependency Manager.
est. 2011
Ruby
14.8K
2.7K
3 months ago
28
basecamp/kamal
Deploy web apps anywhere.
est. 2023
Ruby
14.6K
753
2 days ago
29
mame/quine-relay
An uroboros program with 100+ programming languages
est. 2013
Ruby
14.6K
566
1 months ago
30
neutraltone/awesome-stock-resources
:city_sunrise: A collection of links for free stock photography, video and Illustration websites
est. 2015
Ruby
14.6K
821
8 months ago
31
gollum/gollum
A simple, Git-powered wiki with a local frontend and support for many kinds of markup and content.
est. 2010
Ruby
14.3K
1.6K
10 months ago
32
tmuxinator/tmuxinator
Manage complex tmux sessions easily
est. 2010
Ruby
13.7K
627
Yesterday
33
github-linguist/linguist
Language Savant. If your repository's language is being reported incorrectly, send us a pull request!
est. 2011
Ruby
13.7K
5.5K
2 days ago
34
diaspora/diaspora
A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.
est. 2010
Ruby
13.6K
2.9K
2 months ago
35
fluent/fluentd
Fluentd: Unified Logging Layer (project under CNCF)
est. 2011
Ruby
13.6K
1.4K
Today
36
sidekiq/sidekiq
Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby
est. 2012
Ruby
13.6K
2.5K
1 weeks ago
37
capistrano/capistrano
A deployment automation tool built on Ruby, Rake, and SSH.
est. 2009
Ruby
13K
1.7K
2 months ago
38
rubocop/rubocop
A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide.
est. 2012
Ruby
12.9K
3.1K
Today
39
sinatra/sinatra
Classy web-development dressed in a DSL (official / canonical repo)
est. 2009
Ruby
12.5K
2.1K
2 months ago
40
ubicloud/ubicloud
Open source alternative to AWS. Elastic compute, block storage (non replicated), firewall and load balancer, managed Postgres, K8s, AI inference, and IAM services.
est. 2023
Ruby
12.3K
595
Today
41
faker-ruby/faker
A library for generating fake data such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.
est. 2008
Ruby
11.9K
3.2K
Today
42
Shopify/liquid
Liquid markup language. Safe, customer facing template language for flexible web apps.
est. 2008
Ruby
11.9K
1.5K
2 weeks ago
43
greatghoul/remote-working
收集整理远程工作相关的资料
est. 2013
Ruby
11.8K
891
1 months ago
44
jordansissel/fpm
Effing package management! Build packages for multiple platforms (deb, rpm, etc) with great ease and sanity.
est. 2011
Ruby
11.5K
1.1K
3 weeks ago
45
DeathKing/Learning-SICP
MIT视频公开课《计算机程序的构造和解释》中文化项目及课程学习资料搜集。
est. 2012
Ruby
11.3K
1.5K
3 months ago
46
Freika/dawarich
Your favorite self-hostable alternative to Google Timeline (Google Location History)
est. 2024
Ruby
10.6K
394
2 days ago
47
we-promise/sure
The personal finance app for everyone (by everyone)
est. 2025
Ruby
10.5K
613
Today
48
teamcapybara/capybara
Acceptance test framework for web applications
est. 2009
Ruby
10.2K
1.5K
5 days ago
49
ruby-grape/grape
An opinionated framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
est. 2010
Ruby
10K
1.2K
1 weeks ago
50
antiwork/gumroad
See what sticks
est. 2025
Ruby
9.8K
2.1K
Today
04
mastodon/mastodon
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
Ruby
★50.4K
🍴7.5K
est. 2016
05
huginn/huginn
Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!
Ruby
★50K
🍴4.3K
est. 2013
06
Homebrew/brew
🍺 The Package Manager for Everywhere
Ruby
★50K
🍴11.4K
est. 2016
07
discourse/discourse
A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
Ruby
★48K
🍴9K
est. 2013
08
fastlane/fastlane
🚀 The easiest way to automate building and releasing your iOS and Android apps
Ruby
★42.2K
🍴6K
est. 2014
09
freeCodeCamp/devdocs
API Documentation Browser
Ruby
★39.5K
🍴2.7K
est. 2013
10
rapid7/metasploit-framework
Metasploit Framework
Ruby
★39.1K
🍴15K
est. 2011
11
kilimchoi/engineering-blogs
A curated list of engineering blogs
Ruby
★38.8K
🍴2K
est. 2015
12
chatwoot/chatwoot
Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. 🔥💬
Ruby
★37.7K
🍴9.2K
est. 2019
13
bayandin/awesome-awesomeness
A curated list of awesome awesomeness
Ruby
★33.7K
🍴3.6K
est. 2014
14
hashicorp/vagrant
Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.
Ruby
★27.2K
🍴4.4K
est. 2010
15
matteocrippa/awesome-swift
A collaborative list of awesome Swift libraries and resources. Feel free to contribute!
Ruby
★26.3K
🍴3.1K
est. 2014
16
gitlabhq/gitlabhq
GitLab CE Mirror | Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com
Ruby
★24.6K
🍴6K
est. 2011
17
heartcombo/devise
Flexible authentication solution for Rails with Warden.
Ruby
★24.4K
🍴5.5K
est. 2009
18
ruby/ruby
The Ruby Programming Language
Ruby
★23.8K
🍴5.7K
est. 2010
19
forem/forem
For empowering community 🌱
Ruby
★22.8K
🍴4.2K
est. 2016
20
Homebrew/homebrew-cask
🍻 Default casks (upstream binary packages) for the package manager for everywhere
Ruby
★22.2K
🍴12K
est. 2012
21
lewagon/setup
Setup instructions for Le Wagon's students on their first day of AI Software Development Bootcamp
Ruby
★19.6K
🍴1.6K
est. 2014
22
docusealco/docuseal
Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents ✍️
Ruby
★18.7K
🍴1.9K
est. 2023
23
postalserver/postal
📮 A fully featured open source mail delivery platform for incoming & outgoing e-mail
Ruby
★16.9K
🍴1.3K
est. 2017
24
opf/openproject
OpenProject is the leading open source project management software for product, project and portfolio management. A powerful Jira alternative with agile planning, issue tracking, roadmaps, Gantt charts, time tracking, collaboration features, and more. Available on premises or in the cloud. ⭐ Star us on GitHub
Ruby
★16.4K
🍴3.5K
est. 2012
25
spree/spree
Open Source Platform for DTC, B2B Commerce, Marketplaces & Omnichannel. REST APIs, TypeScript SDKs, and production-ready Next.js storefront. Self-host it. Own your data. No vendor lock-in. Zero platform fees.
Ruby
★15.7K
🍴5.3K
est. 2008
26
Homebrew/homebrew-core
🍻 Default and OSS formulae (built-from-source packages) for the package manager for everywhere
Ruby
★15.6K
🍴13.9K
est. 2016
27
CocoaPods/CocoaPods
The Cocoa Dependency Manager.
Ruby
★14.8K
🍴2.7K
est. 2011
28
basecamp/kamal
Deploy web apps anywhere.
Ruby
★14.6K
🍴753
est. 2023
29
mame/quine-relay
An uroboros program with 100+ programming languages
Ruby
★14.6K
🍴566
est. 2013
30
neutraltone/awesome-stock-resources
:city_sunrise: A collection of links for free stock photography, video and Illustration websites
Ruby
★14.6K
🍴821
est. 2015
31
gollum/gollum
A simple, Git-powered wiki with a local frontend and support for many kinds of markup and content.
Ruby
★14.3K
🍴1.6K
est. 2010
32
tmuxinator/tmuxinator
Manage complex tmux sessions easily
Ruby
★13.7K
🍴627
est. 2010
33
github-linguist/linguist
Language Savant. If your repository's language is being reported incorrectly, send us a pull request!
Ruby
★13.7K
🍴5.5K
est. 2011
34
diaspora/diaspora
A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.
Ruby
★13.6K
🍴2.9K
est. 2010
35
fluent/fluentd
Fluentd: Unified Logging Layer (project under CNCF)
Ruby
★13.6K
🍴1.4K
est. 2011
36
sidekiq/sidekiq
Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby
Ruby
★13.6K
🍴2.5K
est. 2012
37
capistrano/capistrano
A deployment automation tool built on Ruby, Rake, and SSH.
Ruby
★13K
🍴1.7K
est. 2009
38
rubocop/rubocop
A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide.
Ruby
★12.9K
🍴3.1K
est. 2012
39
sinatra/sinatra
Classy web-development dressed in a DSL (official / canonical repo)
Ruby
★12.5K
🍴2.1K
est. 2009
40
ubicloud/ubicloud
Open source alternative to AWS. Elastic compute, block storage (non replicated), firewall and load balancer, managed Postgres, K8s, AI inference, and IAM services.
Ruby
★12.3K
🍴595
est. 2023
41
faker-ruby/faker
A library for generating fake data such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.
Ruby
★11.9K
🍴3.2K
est. 2008
42
Shopify/liquid
Liquid markup language. Safe, customer facing template language for flexible web apps.
Ruby
★11.9K
🍴1.5K
est. 2008
43
greatghoul/remote-working
收集整理远程工作相关的资料
Ruby
★11.8K
🍴891
est. 2013
44
jordansissel/fpm
Effing package management! Build packages for multiple platforms (deb, rpm, etc) with great ease and sanity.
Ruby
★11.5K
🍴1.1K
est. 2011
45
DeathKing/Learning-SICP
MIT视频公开课《计算机程序的构造和解释》中文化项目及课程学习资料搜集。
Ruby
★11.3K
🍴1.5K
est. 2012
46
Freika/dawarich
Your favorite self-hostable alternative to Google Timeline (Google Location History)
Ruby
★10.6K
🍴394
est. 2024
47
we-promise/sure
The personal finance app for everyone (by everyone)
Ruby
★10.5K
🍴613
est. 2025
48
teamcapybara/capybara
Acceptance test framework for web applications
Ruby
★10.2K
🍴1.5K
est. 2009
49
ruby-grape/grape
An opinionated framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
Ruby
★10K
🍴1.2K
est. 2010
50
antiwork/gumroad
See what sticks
Ruby
★9.8K
🍴2.1K
est. 2025
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Ruby rankings: how to read the ecosystem behind the stars

Ruby, designed for developer happiness, powers Ruby on Rails — one of the most influential web frameworks ever created. While its growth has plateaued compared to newer languages, Ruby remains a productive choice for startups and web applications where developer velocity is paramount.

Ruby on Rails established many conventions now standard across all web frameworks: MVC architecture, convention over configuration, database migrations, and RESTful routing. The Ruby ecosystem excels in web development, DevOps (Chef, Puppet, Vagrant), and scripting.

Rankings show the top 50 Ruby repositories by GitHub stars. Rails and its ecosystem dominate, reflecting Ruby's enduring strength in web application development.

Data is sourced from the GitHub REST API and updated daily. Rankings reflect cumulative star counts across each repository's lifetime and should be read as a discovery aid rather than a quality certification. See Methodology & Editorial Standards.