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Awesome Ruby — a curated list of Ruby libraries and resources - ruby.libhunt.com

· 2 weeks ago

There is nothing to buy: this is LibHunt's free curated link list for the Ruby language ecosystem, worth bookmarking only if your team already builds in Ruby. Skip it if you are shopping for actual software, and note the evidence is thin and polluted by unrelated 'Ruby' products, hence low confidence.

Confidence

Low. Based on ~50 public sources; most describe unrelated products named 'Ruby' (an album, a receptionist service, gemstones). Page-specific evidence is thin.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo evidence in reviewed sources.
  • Feature depthIt's a link list; no evidence.
  • Support qualityNo vendor behind it; no evidence.
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Awesome Ruby (LibHunt)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Teams already writing Ruby
  • Devs hunting gems and libraries
  • Newcomers mapping the Ruby ecosystem

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for actual software — nothing here to buy
  • Non-technical teams needing a CRM or phone service
  • Buyers who confused the Ruby language with Ruby Receptionists or Rubi CRM
  • Teams wanting vendor support, SLAs, or update guarantees

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

LibHunt subpages can break; the site's own /security page 404s.

medium

If you adopt Ruby itself: old versions hit end-of-life and become security risks.

medium

Third-party gems carry supply-chain vulnerability risk; track the public advisory DB.

low

It's a directory, not software — 'using' it just means bookmarking it.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free, curated directory of Ruby libraries and resources.
  • offers a large community-hosted gem ecosystem behind it.
  • Mature ecosystem with an active developer community.
  • Ruby core publishes security advisories openly.

Cons

  • Not a product: no vendor, support, SLA, or updates — just links.
  • Site upkeep is spotty; its own security page returns 404.
  • Easily confused with unrelated products also named Ruby.

Sources & method

- 9 sources - The LibHunt page itself has no security surface; the Ruby language it indexes has an active security process and several recent CVEs.

official x4review x2security x2news x1
  • CVE-2026-27820 — Ruby buffer overflow, Listed on the official Ruby security page.
  • CVE-2026-41316 — Ruby ERB templating RCE, Reported as a remote code execution issue in Ruby's ERB templating.
  • CVE-2025-24293 — Rails Active Storage RCE, Critical Ruby on Rails vulnerability in Active Storage; patched.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 9

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. It's free — nothing to pay.
  • Ease of use. No evidence in reviewed sources.
  • Feature depth. It's a link list; no evidence.
  • Support quality. No vendor behind it; no evidence.
  • Security posture: 4/5. Open CVE process plus public gem advisory database.
  • Free Price LibHunt directory; no paid tier shown
  • 1995 Ruby first released Public knowledge; not stated in reviewed sources
  • Yes, public Gem vulnerability database rubysec/ruby-advisory-db on GitHub

Pricing

Awesome Ruby (LibHunt)

Free

  • Curated Ruby library directory
  • Community upvotes
  • No signup or payment

Security

The LibHunt page itself has no security surface; the Ruby language it indexes has an active security process and several recent CVEs.

  • CVE-2026-27820 — Ruby buffer overflowListed on the official Ruby security page.³
  • CVE-2026-41316 — Ruby ERB templating RCEReported as a remote code execution issue in Ruby's ERB templating.
  • CVE-2025-24293 — Rails Active Storage RCECritical Ruby on Rails vulnerability in Active Storage; patched.

What users say

No reviewed source rates this page; the 'Ruby' reviews found cover an album, a virtual receptionist service, and the programming language.

Companies that use it

  • Airbnb

Companies that could

  • Veeps Uses Elixir instead
Full analysis

Based on ~50 public sources; most describe unrelated products named 'Ruby' (an album, a receptionist service, gemstones). Page-specific evidence is thin.

Free curated list of Ruby libraries — nothing to buy; handy bookmark for Ruby devs, useless for software shoppers.

Methodology

Based on ~50 public sources; most describe unrelated products named 'Ruby' (an album, a receptionist service, gemstones). Page-specific evidence is thin.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Awesome Ruby — LibHuntruby.libhunt.com
    official
  2. LibHunt Ruby security page (404)ruby.libhunt.com
    official
  3. Security | Rubyruby-lang.org
    security
  4. rubysec/ruby-advisory-dbgithub.com
    security
  5. Ruby on Rails Reviews — G2g2.com
    review
  6. Feeling Stuck with Bad Ruby Codebases — r/rubyreddit.com
    review
  7. The Ruby Programming Language — GitHubgithub.com
    official
  8. RubyGems.orgrubygems.org
    official
  9. Ruby — JetBrains Developer Ecosystem 2019jetbrains.com
    news

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