# Cucumber Ruby

Ruby implementation of Cucumber, a tool for running automated tests written in plain language.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cucumber-ruby/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cucumber.io/
- repository: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby
- docs: https://cucumber.io/docs
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cucumberbdd.bsky.social
- mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@cucumber
- discord: https://discord.gg/8YXBH8j74w
- forum: https://github.com/orgs/cucumber/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Aslak Hellesøy
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2008
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: testing
- hosting: not applicable
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 3.3
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: rubygems

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 12
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5213
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 327
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 56404
- dependentPackages: 2388

### Sources

- urls: https://cucumber.io/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-ruby (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/commits/a0e3555519580ec04393dc5f5450760bd45c24ad (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-ruby (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/blob/v12.0.1/cucumber.gemspec (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://cucumber.io/docs/installation/ruby/ (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/releases (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/releases (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-ruby (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-ruby/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/cucumber/cucumber-ruby (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/cucumber (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/cucumber (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Cucumber Ruby runs automated tests written in plain language, and it ships as the cucumber gem. Projects install the gem with the gem command or through a Gemfile, as the [installation guide](https://cucumber.io/docs/installation/ruby/) describes. Rails projects set up Cucumber through the separate cucumber-rails gem.

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