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RubyGems

Ruby gem metadata

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RubyGems.org serves gem versions, authors and dependencies as JSON. Plain GET with no authentication on public package records.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 94 · healthy
Uptime history
99.02%90 days
98.3%30 days
311P50 · ms
1639P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 19 ms, slowest 1631 ms, most recent 19 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/rails.json

{
  "name": "rails",
  "downloads": 760571018,
  "version": "8.1.3",
  "version_created_at": "2026-03-24T20:27:42.098Z",
  "version_downloads": 8532175,
  "platform": "ruby",
  "authors": "David Heinemeier Hansson",
  "info": "Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web framework optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It encourages beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration."
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/rails.json"
const res = await fetch("https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/rails.json");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/rails.json")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 5HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /gems/rails.json311 mschecked 9h ago
GET/gems/rails.jsonPROBED

Ruby gem metadata

GET/gems

Gems — documented GET route.

GET/gems/1

Gems details by ID (example: 1).

GET/gems?limit=10

Gems — documented GET route.

GET/gems/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

RubyGems: common questions

Is RubyGems free to use?

Yes — RubyGems is a free developer tools API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does RubyGems need an API key?

No — RubyGems needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call RubyGems from the browser?

Yes — RubyGems returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is RubyGems up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, RubyGems is healthy with 99.02% uptime over 90 days and a 311 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.