RubyGems Package Lookup
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RubyGems Package Lookup
Look up current version, total downloads, license, runtime dependencies, and yanked status for any RubyGems package via the official rubygems.org API.
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Timothy Kelvin
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Look up current version, total downloads, license, homepage, and runtime dependencies for any RubyGems package, via the official rubygems.org API.
Built for DevOps and tooling teams tracking Ruby dependency health — checking a gem's latest version, whether it's been yanked, or how widely adopted it is — without checking rubygems.org by hand.
Input
{"gemNames": ["rails", "rspec", "nokogiri"]}
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
gemNames | array of strings | One or more RubyGems package names to look up. Default ["rails"]. |
Output
One record per requested gem:
{"gemName": "rails","found": true,"latestVersion": "8.1.3.1","latestVersionReleasedAt": "2026-07-29T15:02:41.060Z","yanked": false,"totalDownloads": 778125297,"latestVersionDownloads": 3144551,"licenses": ["MIT"],"authors": "David Heinemeier Hansson","homepageUrl": "https://rubyonrails.org","sourceCodeUrl": "https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/v8.1.3.1","documentationUrl": null,"runtimeDependencies": [{ "name": "actionpack", "requirements": "= 8.1.3.1" }]}
An unrecognized gem name returns { "gemName": "...", "found": false }
rather than failing the whole run.
Note: totalDownloads is a cumulative all-time count — rubygems.org's
public API doesn't expose a daily/period download-history endpoint
the way npm and PyPI's stats APIs do, so this actor is a snapshot
lookup rather than a trend tracker.
How it works
Direct calls to the official rubygems.org/api/v1/gems endpoint — no
proxy, no key, no scraping.
Pricing note
Billed per lookup (one run) at a flat rate, regardless of how many gem names are requested.
Related products
- NPM Download Stats Tracker
- PyPI Download Stats Tracker
- Homebrew Package Lookup — same snapshot-lookup shape, different ecosystem