A definitive guide to Ruby gems dependency management | Snyk

09/08/2022
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Ruby, much like other programming languages, has an entire ecosystem of third-party open source libraries which it refers to as gems, or sometimes Ruby gems. These gems are authored by the community, and are available from RubyGems.org which is the official registry for Ruby libraries. Similarly to other open source ecosystems, threat actors may publish deliberate malicious code or such which includes backdoors or credentials harvesting. Hence, attention to detail for how you manage and audit your open source Ruby gems is crucial.In this article, I’ll run through the concepts and tooling that make up the Ruby dependencies ecosystem, and answer some of the common questions Ruby developers have.
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