• A package manager for the Ruby programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries (in a self-contained format called a “gem”), a tool designed to easily manage the installation of gems, and a server for distributing them. RubyGems was created in 2004 by Chad Fowler, Jim Weirich, David Alan Black, Paul Brannan, and Richard Kilmer. ← Wikipedia ↑ rubygems.org

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