macOS
brew install brew-gemlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für brew-gem in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install brew-gemlocal Homebrew formula metadata
Überblick
Install RubyGems as Homebrew formulae
Verlauf
brew-gem is a small bridge between RubyGems and Homebrew: it generates Homebrew formulae that install Ruby gems as self-contained Cellar packages.
The sportngin/brew-gem repository was created in February 2014, with early v0.2.x releases following within weeks. The README explains the core idea: generate a stub formula that runs `gem install` into the formula prefix so the resulting package and dependencies live under Homebrew's Cellar.
The project explicitly limits its purpose to standalone Ruby command-line tools, not development libraries. That philosophy made it a pragmatic workaround for Ruby CLI tools that users wanted to manage with `brew list`, `brew upgrade`, and Homebrew-style uninstalls.
brew-gem remained a niche packaging helper but has persisted unusually long for a glue tool. GitHub metadata and Homebrew formula data show current activity and a stable 1.3.x line, while Homebrew analytics reported several thousand installs over the prior year at lookup time.
Users run commands such as `brew gem install heroku`, optionally choosing a specific gem version or Homebrew-installed Ruby. Installed gems are listed with a `gem-` prefix, making Ruby CLI tools visible to normal Homebrew workflows.
brew-gem matters because it captures a recurring package-manager problem: language package managers are good at libraries, while OS/package managers are good at executable lifecycle management. It is a compact example of turning language-level packages into system-level formulae without maintaining a formula by hand for every gem.
Sicherheitslage
Für brew-gem wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
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Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
brew-gem | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://github.com/sportngin/brew-gem
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:brew-gem |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.4 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/brew-gem |
| Homepage | https://github.com/sportngin/brew-gem |
| Repository | https://github.com/sportngin/brew-gem |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/sportngin/brew-gem#readme |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/sportngin/brew-gem/archive/refs/tags/v1.3.4.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-05-27T00:14:05Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | ruby |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf all) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | brew-gem |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Quellspur
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