Ruby here means a Ruby interpreter has to be on the machine, with gems installed through Bundler. Ruby web applications need it on the production server too and carry Ruby under hosting needs, while Ruby site generators need it only where the site is built. A record carries this value when its documentation requires Ruby to install or run the software. Ruby on Rails and Jekyll are examples.
8 projects need Ruby installed, listed alphabetically. Mostly web frameworks, content management systems and site and docs generators, of 7 categories in all. 222 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way. Counts only projects with momentum; the full list has the rest.
A
- Active Record
Object-relational mapping library for Ruby that maps classes to database tables, distributed as part of Rails.
C
- Camaleon CMS
Content management system for Ruby on Rails, distributed as a gem and run inside a Rails application.
D
- Devise
Authentication solution for Rails based on Warden, with modules for sign-in, registration, confirmation, password recovery and account locking.
H
- Huginn
Self-hosted system for building agents that watch the web and incoming events and take automated actions on the user's behalf.
J
JekyllRuby static site generator that turns plain text, Markdown and Liquid templates into websites and blogs.
R
Ruby on RailsRuby web application framework with an ORM, routing, ERB views, background jobs and built-in deployment tooling.
S
- Sinatra
Ruby DSL for building web applications with a small set of route definitions, run on a Rack server.
Spree CommerceOpen-source commerce platform built on Ruby on Rails, with a REST API, TypeScript SDKs and a Next.js storefront.
What is the best web software that runs on Ruby?
No idea. We list software, we don't rate it. Open the records that look close and compare them side by side.