# rbenv

Version manager that switches between installed Ruby versions per project, on Unix-like systems.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/rbenv/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://rbenv.org/
- repository: https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv
- docs: https://rbenv.org/man/rbenv.1
- plugins: https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv/wiki/Plugins

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Sam Stephenson
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: unknown
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- 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: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: Homebrew formula

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-01-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 16739
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 113
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://rbenv.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/rbenv/rbenv (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://rbenv.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
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- maintainerType: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rbenv/rbenv/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rbenv/rbenv/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
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- installMethod: https://rbenv.org/ (read 2026-10-30)
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- license: https://api.github.com/repos/rbenv/rbenv (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rbenv/rbenv/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/rbenv/rbenv/commits/v0.1.0 (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/rbenv/rbenv/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/rbenv/rbenv/releases (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/rbenv/rbenv (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/rbenv/rbenv/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv/wiki/Plugins (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

rbenv manages which installed Ruby version runs on a machine, per project directory. The [project site](https://rbenv.org/) gives the install script and names Sam Stephenson as the original creator of rbenv. Ruby versions are installed through the ruby-build plugin, which provides the rbenv install command.

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