Awesome Ruby

A curated list of awesome Ruby frameworks, libraries and resources. Inspired by awesome-php & awesome-python.

• Awesome Ruby
  • Environment Management
  • Package Management
  • Distribution
  • Files
  • Date and Time
  • Text Processing
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Documentation
  • Configuration
  • Command-line Tools
  • Imagery
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Geolocation
  • HTTP
  • Database
  • Database Drivers
  • ORM
  • Web Frameworks
  • CMS
  • RESTful API
  • Authentication and OAuth
  • Template Engine
  • Queue
  • Search
  • Asset Management
  • Caching
  • Email
  • Internationalization
  • URL Manipulation
  • HTML Manipulation
  • Web Crawling
  • Web Content Extracting
  • Downloader
  • Forms
  • Data Validation
  • Anti-spam
  • Tagging
  • Build Tools
  • Admin Panels
  • Processes and Threads
  • Networking
  • WebSocket
  • Cryptography
  • GUI
  • Game Development
  • Logging
  • Testing
  • Code Analysis and Linter
  • Debugging Tools
  • Science and Data Analysis
  • Data Visualization
  • Machine Learning
  • Functional Programming
  • MapReduce
  • Third-party APIs
  • DevOps Tools
  • Foreign Function Interface
  • High Performance
  • Algorithms and Design Patterns
  • Miscellaneous
  • Editor Plugins
• Resources
  • Websites
  • Weekly
  • Twitter

Environment Management

Libraries for Ruby version and environment management.

• rvm - Ruby Version Manager
• rbenv - Groom your app’s Ruby environment

Package Management

Libraries for package and dependency management.

• RubyGems - RubyGems is a package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries

Distribution

Libraries to create packaged executables for release distribution.

Files

Libraries for file manipulation and MIME type detection.

Date and Time

Libraries for working with dates and times.

Text Processing

Libraries for parsing and manipulating texts.

• General

• Specific Formats

• Parser

Natural Language Processing

Libraries for working with human languages.

Documentation

Libraries for generating project documentation.

Configuration

Libraries for storing configuration options.

Command-line Tools

Libraries for building command-line application.

• Command-line Application Development

• Workflow Tools

Imagery

Libraries for manipulating images.

Audio

Libraries for manipulating audio.

Video

Libraries for manipulating video and GIFs.

Geolocation

Libraries for geocoding addresses and working with latitudes and longitudes.

HTTP

Libraries for working with HTTP.

Database Drivers

Libraties for connecting and operating databases.

• Relational Databases

• NoSQL Databases

ORM

Libraries that implement Object-Relational Mapping or datamapping techniques.

• Relational Databases

• NoSQL Databases

Web Frameworks

Web development frameworks.

• Ruby On Rails - Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web framework optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity
• Sinatra - Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort.
• Padrino - The Godfather of Sinatra provides a full-stack agnostic framework on top of Sinatra
• Cramp - Cramp is a fully asynchronous real-time web application framework in Ruby

CMS

Content management systems

RESTful API

Libraries for developing RESTful APIs.

Authentication and OAuth

Libraries for implementing authentications schemes.

Template Engine

Libraries and tools for templating and lexing.

Queue

Libraries for working with event and task queues.

Search

Libraries and software for indexing and performing search queries on data.

Asset Management

Tools for managing, compressing and minifying website assets.

Caching

Libraries for caching data.

Email

Libraries for sending and parsing email.

Internationalization

Libraries for woking with i18n.

URL Manipulation

Libraries for parsing URLs.

HTML Manipulation

Libraries for working with HTML and XML.

Web Crawling

Libraries for scraping websites.

Web Content Extracting

Libraries for extracting web contents.

Downloader

Libraries for downloading.

Forms

Libraries for working with forms.

Data Validation

Libraries for validating data. Used for forms in many cases.

Anti-spam

Libraries for fighting spam.

Tagging

Libraries for tagging items.

Build Tools

Compile software from source code.

Admin Panels

Libraries for administrative interfaces.

Processes and Threads

Libraries for woking with processes or threads

Networking

Libraries for network programming.

WebSocket

Libraries for woking with WebSocket.

Cryptography

GUI

Libraries for working with graphical user interface applications.

Game Development

Awesome game development libraries.

Logging

Libraries for generating and working with log files.

Testing

Libraries for testing codebases and generating test data.

• Testing Frameworks

  • RSpec - BDD for Ruby
  • MiniTest - minitest provides a complete suite of testing facilities supporting TDD, BDD, mocking, and benchmarking

• Mock

• Fake Data

• Code Coverage

• Load Testing

• Error Handler

Code Analysis and Linter

Libraries and tools for analysing, parsing and manipulation codebases.

Debugging Tools

Libraries for debugging and developing.

Science and Data Analysis

Libraries for scientific computing and data analyzing.

Data Visualization

Libraries for visualizing data.

Machine Learning

Libraries for Machine Learning.

Functional Programming

MapReduce

Framworks and libraries for MapReduce.

Third-party APIs

Libraries for accessing third party APIs.

DevOps Tools

Software and libraries for DevOps.

Foreign Function Interface

Libraries for providing foreign function interface.

High Performance

Libraries for making Ruby faster.

Algorithms and Design Patterns

Collections of algorithms and design patterns.

Miscellaneous

Useful libraries or tools that don't fit in the categories above.

Editor Plugins

Plugins for various editors.

Resources

Where to discover new Ruby libraries.

Websites

Weekly

Twitter

Contributing

Your contributions are always welcome!