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Developer-friendly dynamic language behind Rails and many indie web apps.

Ranked by stars across 7,655 Ruby repositories on GitHub. Refreshed daily.

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    rails/rails★ 58,774 · ⑂ 22,850

    Ruby on Rails

    • rails
    • mvc
    • html
    • activerecord
    • activejob
    • ruby
  2. 2
    maybe-finance/maybe★ 54,282 · ⑂ 5,690

    The personal finance app for everyone

    • finance
    • personal-finance
    • postgresql
    • hotwire
    • ruby
    • ruby-on-rails
  3. 3
    jekyll/jekyll★ 51,676 · ⑂ 10,299

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

    • ruby
    • jekyll
    • static-site-generator
    • blog-engine
    • markdown
    • liquid
  4. 4
    mastodon/mastodon★ 50,301 · ⑂ 7,499

    Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

    • mastodon
    • docker
    • microblog
    • activity-stream
    • webfinger
    • social-network
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    huginn/huginn★ 49,970 · ⑂ 4,299

    Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

    • automation
    • notifications
    • scraper
    • webscraping
    • feedgenerator
    • rss
  7. 6
    Homebrew/brew★ 49,710 · ⑂ 11,352

    🍺 The Package Manager for Everywhere

    • homebrew
    • ruby
    • macos
    • package-manager
    • brew
  8. 7
    discourse/discourse★ 47,864 · ⑂ 9,019

    A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.

    • discourse
    • javascript
    • rails
    • ruby
    • ember
    • forum
  9. 8
    fastlane/fastlane★ 42,126 · ⑂ 6,031

    🚀 The easiest way to automate building and releasing your iOS and Android apps

    • fastlane
    • automation
    • screenshots
    • ios
    • android
    • apps
  10. 9
    freeCodeCamp/devdocs★ 39,466 · ⑂ 2,643

    API Documentation Browser

    • devdocs
    • documentation
    • documentation-tool
    • developer-tools
    • docs
    • offline
  11. 10
    rapid7/metasploit-framework★ 39,023 · ⑂ 14,969

    Metasploit Framework

    • hacktoberfest
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    kilimchoi/engineering-blogs★ 38,676 · ⑂ 2,043

    A curated list of engineering blogs

    • engineering-blogs
    • tech
    • programming-blogs
    • software-development
    • lists
  14. 12
    chatwoot/chatwoot★ 36,937 · ⑂ 8,970

    Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. 🔥💬

    • vuejs
    • intercom
    • zendesk
    • rails
    • design
    • sass
  15. 13
    bayandin/awesome-awesomeness★ 33,681 · ⑂ 3,602

    A curated list of awesome awesomeness

  16. 14
    hashicorp/vagrant★ 27,213 · ⑂ 4,398

    Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.

    • vagrant
    • ruby
    • automation
    • virtualization
  17. 15
    matteocrippa/awesome-swift★ 26,261 · ⑂ 3,145

    A collaborative list of awesome Swift libraries and resources. Feel free to contribute!

    • swift-framework
    • swift-library
    • swift-extensions
    • swift-language
    • awesome-list
    • swift
  18. 16
    gitlabhq/gitlabhq★ 24,544 · ⑂ 5,982

    GitLab CE Mirror | Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com

    • ruby
    • gitlab
    • rails
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    heartcombo/devise★ 24,357 · ⑂ 5,472

    Flexible authentication solution for Rails with Warden.

    • rails
    • ruby
    • authentication
    • devise
  21. 18
    ruby/ruby★ 23,748 · ⑂ 5,642

    The Ruby Programming Language

    • ruby
    • c
    • language
    • object-oriented
    • ruby-language
    • jit
  22. 19
    forem/forem★ 22,775 · ⑂ 4,183

    For empowering community 🌱

    • feedback
    • discussion
    • community
    • hacktoberfest
    • open-source
    • rails
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The list above ranks the most-starred public Ruby repositories, drawn from the public GitHub graph. Across 7,655 Ruby repositories in the public graph, the maintainers, top contributors, and recurring committers are a powerful signal for where Ruby expertise lives.

Behind every popular Ruby project is a small group of people who actually shipped it. They’re the Ruby engineers, library authors, and infrastructure builders worth knowing - whether you’re hiring, partnering, or doing technical research.

Refolk turns this list into a search. Ask for “Ruby maintainers hiring”, “contributors to Ruby repos based in Europe”, or “companies whose engineers ship Ruby” and Refolk returns a ranked shortlist with the commits, repos, and profiles that earned each person a spot.

How this list is built

Refolk searched GitHub for public repositories whose primary language is Ruby, ranked them by stargazer count, and kept those with at least 100 stars. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:07:12 GMT

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How are these repositories ranked?

By stars, with forks and recent activity as tiebreakers, read from the public GitHub API. The methodology section above has the details.

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The ranking re-renders at least daily. Last refreshed: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:07:12 GMT.

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