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Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. It has an elegant syntax that is natural to read and easy to write.

Release Released Support Status Latest
3.2 3 days ago
(24 Dec 2022)
Ends in 3 years
(31 Mar 2026)
3.2.0
(24 Dec 2022)
3.1 1 year ago
(25 Dec 2021)
Ends in 2 years and 3 months
(31 Mar 2025)
3.1.3
(24 Nov 2022)
3.0 2 years ago
(25 Dec 2020)
Ends in 1 year and 3 months
(31 Mar 2024)
3.0.5
(24 Nov 2022)
2.7 3 years ago
(25 Dec 2019)
Ends in 3 months
(31 Mar 2023)
2.7.7
(24 Nov 2022)
2.6 4 years ago
(25 Dec 2018)
Ended 9 months ago
(31 Mar 2022)
2.6.10
2.5 5 years ago
(25 Dec 2017)
Ended 1 year and 9 months ago
(31 Mar 2021)
2.5.9
2.4 6 years ago
(23 Dec 2016)
Ended 2 years and 9 months ago
(31 Mar 2020)
2.4.10
2.3 7 years ago
(24 Dec 2015)
Ended 3 years and 9 months ago
(31 Mar 2019)
2.3.8
2.2 8 years ago
(25 Dec 2014)
Ended 4 years and 9 months ago
(31 Mar 2018)
2.2.10
2.1 9 years ago
(25 Dec 2013)
Ended 5 years and 9 months ago
(31 Mar 2017)
2.1.10
2.0.0 9 years ago
(24 Feb 2013)
Ended 6 years and 10 months ago
(24 Feb 2016)
2.0.0p648
1.9.3 11 years ago
(30 Oct 2011)
Ended 7 years and 10 months ago
(23 Feb 2015)
1.9.3p551

Since Ruby 2.1, a new major version of Ruby has been released every year on December 25th, and EOLed 3 years, 3 months later.

More information is available on the Ruby website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
ruby --version

You can submit an improvement to this page on GitHub :octocat: . This page has a corresponding Talk Page.

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This page was last updated on 26 December 2022. Latest releases are automatically updated.