Earlier today, the Ruby core team announced the transfer of repository ownership for RubyGems and Bundler to the Ruby core team. This decision reflects our shared commitment to the long-term stability and growth of the Ruby ecosystem.
While repository ownership has moved, Ruby Central will continue to share management and governance responsibilities for RubyGems and Bundler in close collaboration with the Ruby core team. We remain deeply committed to strengthening security, performance, and the developer experience through ongoing investments, grants, and active development.
- Ruby Central will continue to own and operate rubygems.org for the community.
- RubyGems and Bundler remain open source under their current licenses.
- All contributors retain full authorship and intellectual property rights.
Ruby Central is proud of its long history supporting these critical projects, and we look forward to building their next chapter together with the Ruby core team and the community.
— Shan Cureton & Ruby Central Board
Note: We’re sharing this message in place of our regular weekly update because it deserves its own space and attention. Our next community update will come early next week and include responses to questions submitted by the community. If you have additional thoughts or questions, we welcome them through our Community Q&A Form.