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
3.4.1
Latest release
Released 21 days ago (December 25, 2024)
| 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 | Active support | Security support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.4 | Active | 3.4.0 21 days ago December 25, 2024 | 3.4.1 21 days ago December 25, 2024 | Yes | Yes |
| 3.3 | Active | 3.3.0 1 year ago December 25, 2023 | 3.3.6 2 months ago November 05, 2024 | Yes | Ends in 2 years, 2 months March 31, 2027 |
| 3.2 | Active | 3.2.0 2 years ago December 25, 2022 | 3.2.6 2 months ago October 30, 2024 | Yes | Ends in 1 year, 2 months March 31, 2026 |
| 3.1 | Active | 3.1.0 3 years ago December 25, 2021 | 3.1.6 7 months ago May 29, 2024 | Ended 9 months ago April 01, 2024 | Ends in 2 months March 31, 2025 |
| 3.0 | End of life | 3.0.0 4 years ago December 25, 2020 | 3.0.7 8 months ago April 23, 2024 | Ended 1 year, 9 months ago April 01, 2023 | Ended 9 months ago March 31, 2024 |
| 2.7 | End of life | 2.7.0 5 years ago December 25, 2019 | 2.7.8 1 year ago March 30, 2023 | Ended 2 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2022 | Ended 1 year, 9 months ago March 31, 2023 |
| 2.6 | End of life | 2.6.0 6 years ago December 25, 2018 | 2.6.10 2 years ago April 12, 2022 | Ended 3 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2021 | Ended 2 years, 9 months ago April 12, 2022 |
| 2.5 | End of life | 2.5.0 7 years ago December 25, 2017 | 2.5.9 3 years ago April 05, 2021 | Ended 4 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2020 | Ended 3 years, 9 months ago April 05, 2021 |
| 2.4 | End of life | 2.4.0 8 years ago December 25, 2016 | 2.4.10 4 years ago March 31, 2020 | Ended 5 years, 9 months ago April 01, 2019 | Ended 4 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2020 |
| 2.3 | End of life | 2.3.0 9 years ago December 25, 2015 | 2.3.8 6 years ago October 17, 2018 | Ended 6 years, 9 months ago March 28, 2018 | Ended 5 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2019 |
| 2.2 | End of life | 2.2.0 10 years ago December 25, 2014 | 2.2.10 6 years ago March 28, 2018 | Ended 7 years, 9 months ago March 28, 2017 | Ended 6 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2018 |
| 2.1 | End of life | 2.1.0 11 years ago December 25, 2013 | 2.1.10 8 years ago April 01, 2016 | Ended 8 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2016 | Ended 7 years, 9 months ago March 31, 2017 |
| 2.0 | End of life | 2.0.0 11 years ago February 24, 2013 | 2.0.0 11 years ago February 24, 2013 | Ended 8 years, 10 months ago February 24, 2016 | Ended 8 years, 10 months ago February 24, 2016 |
| 1.9 | End of life | 1.9.0 17 years ago December 25, 2007 | 1.9.3 13 years ago October 31, 2011 | Ended 10 years, 10 months ago February 24, 2014 | Ended 9 years, 10 months ago February 23, 2015 |
| 1.8 | End of life | 1.8.0 21 years ago August 04, 2003 | 1.8.7 16 years ago May 31, 2008 | No | No |
| 1.6 | End of life | 1.6.7 22 years ago March 01, 2002 | 1.6.7 22 years ago March 01, 2002 | No | No |
Recent Releases
| Version | Release date |
|---|---|
| 3.4.1 |
21 days ago December 25, 2024 |
| 3.4.0 |
21 days ago December 25, 2024 |
| 3.4.0-rc1 |
1 month ago December 12, 2024 |
| 3.3.6 |
2 months ago November 05, 2024 |
| 3.2.6 |
2 months ago October 30, 2024 |