The current maintenance status of Ruby releases can be found on this page.
You can check the Ruby version that you have installed on your machine by running the below command:
$ ruby --version
4.0.0
Latest release
Released 16 days ago (December 25, 2025)
| Software |
 Ruby |
| Introduction | Ruby is an open source programming language with natural, simple, and easy-to-learn syntax that can be used for various purposes such as creating web applications, data analysis, command line tools, etc. |
| Designed by | Yukihiro Matsumoto |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Repository | https://github.com/ruby/ruby |
| Website | https://www.ruby-lang.org |
| Security policy | https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/security/ |
All Releases
| Version | Status | First official release | Latest patch release | End of bug fixes | End of life |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | Supported | 4.0.0 16 days ago December 25, 2025 | 4.0.0 16 days ago December 25, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| 3.5 | Preview | - | 3.5.0-preview1 8 months ago April 18, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| 3.4 | Supported | 3.4.0 1 year ago December 25, 2024 | 3.4.8 24 days ago December 17, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| 3.3 | Supported | 3.3.0 2 years ago December 25, 2023 | 3.3.10 2 months ago October 23, 2025 | TBD | Ends in 1 year, 2 months March 31, 2027 |
| 3.2 | Supported | 3.2.0 3 years ago December 25, 2022 | 3.2.9 5 months ago July 24, 2025 | Ended 9 months ago April 01, 2025 | Ends in 2 months March 31, 2026 |
| 3.1 | End of life | 3.1.0 4 years ago December 25, 2021 | 3.1.7 9 months ago March 26, 2025 | Ended 1 year, 9 months ago April 01, 2024 | Ended 9 months ago March 31, 2025 |
| 3.0 | End of life | 3.0.0 5 years ago December 25, 2020 | 3.0.7 1 year ago April 23, 2024 | Ended 2 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2023 | Ended 1 year, 9 months ago March 31, 2024 |
| 2.7 | End of life | 2.7.0 6 years ago December 25, 2019 | 2.7.8 2 years ago March 30, 2023 | Ended 3 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2022 | Ended 2 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2023 |
| 2.6 | End of life | 2.6.0 7 years ago December 25, 2018 | 2.6.10 3 years ago April 12, 2022 | Ended 4 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2021 | Ended 3 years, 8 months ago April 12, 2022 |
| 2.5 | End of life | 2.5.0 8 years ago December 25, 2017 | 2.5.9 4 years ago April 05, 2021 | Ended 5 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2020 | Ended 4 years, 9 months ago April 05, 2021 |
| 2.4 | End of life | 2.4.0 9 years ago December 25, 2016 | 2.4.10 5 years ago March 31, 2020 | Ended 6 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2019 | Ended 5 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2020 |
| 2.3 | End of life | 2.3.0 10 years ago December 25, 2015 | 2.3.8 7 years ago October 17, 2018 | Ended 7 years, 9 months ago March 28, 2018 | Ended 6 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2019 |
| 2.2 | End of life | 2.2.0 11 years ago December 25, 2014 | 2.2.10 7 years ago March 28, 2018 | Ended 8 years, 9 months ago March 28, 2017 | Ended 7 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2018 |
| 2.1 | End of life | 2.1.0 12 years ago December 25, 2013 | 2.1.10 9 years ago April 01, 2016 | Ended 9 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2016 | Ended 8 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2017 |
| 2.0 | End of life | 2.0.0 12 years ago February 24, 2013 | 2.0.0-p648 10 years ago December 16, 2015 | Ended 9 years, 10 months ago February 24, 2016 | Ended 9 years, 10 months ago February 24, 2016 |
| 1.9 | End of life | 1.9.0 18 years ago December 25, 2007 | 1.9.3-p551 11 years ago November 13, 2014 | Ended 11 years, 10 months ago February 24, 2014 | Ended 10 years, 10 months ago February 23, 2015 |
| 1.8 | End of life | 1.8.0 22 years ago August 04, 2003 | 1.8.7-p374 12 years ago June 27, 2013 | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| 1.6 | End of life | 1.6.7 23 years ago March 01, 2002 | 1.6.7 23 years ago March 01, 2002 | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Recent Releases
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 4.0.0 |
16 days ago December 25, 2025 |
| 4.0.0-preview3 |
23 days ago December 18, 2025 |
| 3.4.8 |
24 days ago December 17, 2025 |
| 4.0.0-preview2 |
1 month ago November 17, 2025 |
| 3.3.10 |
2 months ago October 23, 2025 |