The most active Ruby repositories on GitHub, August 2026

As of August 2026, the most active Ruby repository on GitHub is rails/rails (58.7k stars). The top 10 Ruby repositories tracked by StarHunt hold 317.1k combined stars, averaging 31.7k each, with 9 of 10 updated in the last week. Among the 199 of their contributors StarHunt could place in one of six tracked countries, 51% are in the United States.

What are the most active Ruby repositories in August 2026?

Based on GitHub activity data updated weekly, here are the top Ruby repositories for August 2026.

#	Repository	Stars	Last push
1	rails/rails Ruby on Rails activejob activerecord	⭐ 58,685 (+4)	today
2	Homebrew/brew 🍺 The Package Manager for Everywhere brew homebrew	⭐ 49,118	today
3	discourse/discourse A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. discourse ember	⭐ 47,626 (+13)	today
4	chatwoot/chatwoot Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesf actioncable chat-widget	⭐ 35,642	today
5	Homebrew/homebrew-cask 🍻 Default casks (upstream binary packages) for the package manager for everywhere cask hacktoberfest	⭐ 22,154	today

Which Ruby repositories grew the most this month?

The Ruby ecosystem saw some notable shifts this month:

• opf/openproject: +24 stars
• discourse/discourse: +13 stars
• ruby/ruby: +5 stars
• Homebrew/homebrew-core: +5 stars
• rails/rails: +4 stars

The biggest mover this month was opf/openproject, which gained 24 stars.

Which Ruby repositories are growing fastest?

Beyond the leaders, these Ruby projects are climbing quickest:

• opf/openproject +24 stars this month (15.8k total)
• ruby/ruby +5 stars this month (23.7k total)
• Homebrew/homebrew-core +5 stars this month (15.5k total)
• heartcombo/devise +3 stars this month (24.4k total)
• sidekiq/sidekiq +2 stars this month (13.6k total)

How active is the Ruby ecosystem this month?

Across the top 10 Ruby repositories tracked by StarHunt:

• Combined stars: 317,074
• Average stars per repository: 31,707
• Repositories with a commit in the last 7 days: 9 out of 10

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Who builds the top Ruby repositories?

StarHunt has indexed 316 contributors across these Ruby repositories. Among the 199 located in one of the six tracked countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Canada), the split is:

• United States: 51% (101)
• Germany: 15% (30)
• United Kingdom: 15% (29)
• Canada: 10% (20)
• France: 8% (15)
• Spain: 2% (4)

43% have a public email on their GitHub profile.

A few standouts across individual repositories:

• Homebrew/brew — 52% of Homebrew/brew's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.
• Homebrew/homebrew-cask — 54% of Homebrew/homebrew-cask's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.
• Homebrew/homebrew-core — 55% of Homebrew/homebrew-core's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.

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