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JRuby

JRuby is an implementation of the programming language Ruby on the Java virtual machine, written largely in Java. It is free software released under a three-way Eclipse Public License (EPL); GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser Public License (LGPL). JRuby is tightly integrated with Java to allow embedding the interpreter into any Java…

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Developers
Charles Oliver Nutter, Thomas Enebo, Ola Bini, Nick Sieger
Family
JVM-hosted
First appeared
2001; 25 years ago (2001)
Implementation language
Ruby, Java
License
EPL; GPL, LGPL
OS
Cross-platform

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JRuby

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Edges54
Triples86
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
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JRuby

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related to Design · 12
JRuby → AOT/JIT, As, In, Java, JRuby's, JVM, Rails, Ruby, Since, The, To, Until October
related to Frameworks support · 12
JRuby → FFI, IDE, Interactive Ruby Shell, It, NetBeans, Rails, Rake, RSpec, Ruby, Ruby MRI, RubyGems, The Netbeans Ruby Pack
related to JRuby calling Java · 10
JRuby → Java, Java JFrame, Java Platform, JavaBean, JLabel, JRuby's Java, One, Ruby-like, The, To
related to history · 9
JRuby → AOT, At, Jan Arne Petersen, JIT, Performance, Ruby, Since, This, With
related to Performance · 8
JRuby → According, Java, JVM, OS, Rubinius, Ruby MRI, Since, The
related to Ruby on Rails · 8
JRuby → May, Rails, Rails's, Ruby, RubyGems, Since, Sun, WEBrick
related to Multiple virtual machine collaboration · 5
JRuby → On February, Ruby, Sun Microsystems, Tokyo, University
related to Calling JRuby from Java · 4
JRuby → Apache Bean Scripting Framework, Java, JSR, Scripting
see also · 4
JRuby → Ajax, Free, GraalVMList, Java
related to Ruby meets Java · 3
JRuby → Java, Ruby, The

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JRubyDevelopersCharles Oliver Nutter, Thomas Enebo, Ola Bini, Nick Sieger1.00infobox
JRubyFamilyJVM-hosted1.00infobox
JRubyFirst appeared2001; 25 years ago (2001)1.00infobox
JRubyImplementation languageRuby, Java1.00infobox
JRubyLicenseEPL; GPL, LGPL1.00infobox
JRubyOSCross-platform1.00infobox
JRubyParadigmsMulti-paradigm: functional, imperative, object-oriented, reflective1.00infobox
JRubyPlatformJava virtual machine1.00infobox
JRubyStable release10.0.3.0 / 2 February 2026; 6 months ago (2026-02-02)1.00infobox
JRubyWebsitewww.jruby.org1.00infobox
JRubyis aimplementation of the programming language Ruby on the Java virtual machine0.90text
JRubyrelated to Calling JRuby from JavaJava0.60section

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