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activesupport

RubyGemsv8.1.3.1

Safe to adopt

Yes — activesupport scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 355.9M downloads per week and 16 known dependents. Last published 42 days ago. 37 releases in the last 2 years.

  • AAdoption: grade A, Excellent.

    355.9M downloads per week and 16 known dependents.

  • AMaintenance: grade A, Excellent.

    Last published 42 days ago. 37 releases in the last 2 years.

  • BWeight: grade B, Good.

    Pulls in 13 transitive packages.

  • BSupply chain: grade B, Good.

    This package has a single maintainer (bus factor of 1).

  • ALicense: grade A, Excellent.

    MIT — permissive, with no copyleft found in the dependency tree.

Grades are computed deterministically from registry metadata collected by PackageGraph — downloads, dependents, publish dates, the resolved dependency tree, maintainer count, and declared licenses. No third-party scores are used.

Install cost

What you actually take on by adding activesupport to a project.

12
Direct dependencies

Runtime packages this one declares itself.

13
Total installed

Distinct packages in the full runtime tree, deduplicated the way a package manager would.

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Install size

Unpacked size of this package plus its entire runtime tree.

2
Tree depth

Longest resolved dependency chain below this package.

Licenses in the dependency tree

MITRuby

Every license you inherit by installing activesupport, not just its own. Check this before a legal review, not after.

Compatibility

Ruby
No constraint declared

Dependencies

Declared by activesupport v8.1.3.1. Runtime dependencies are installed with the package; dev dependencies are not.

Runtime (12)

base64 >= 0bigdecimal >= 0concurrent-ruby ~> 1.0, >= 1.3.1connection_pool >= 2.2.5drb >= 0i18n >= 1.6, < 2json >= 0logger >= 1.4.2minitest >= 5.1securerandom >= 0.3tzinfo ~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5uri >= 0.13.1

Used by

Popular packages that depend on activesupport.

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Relationship graph

Dependencies (left) and dependents (right) of activesupport.

base64bigdecimalconcurrent-rubyconnection_pooldrbi18njsonloggerminitestsecurerandomtzinfouriactivemodelactiverecordactionpackrailsrailtiesactionviewactionmaileractivejobrails-dom-testingglobalidactioncableactivestorageactiontextactionmailboxfactory_botjbuilderactivesupport
activesupport dependencies dependents

Frequently installed together

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↓ 205.5M/wk◈ 8 dependents⚖ MIT
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↓ 208.5M/wk◈ 4 dependents⚖ MIT
activejobRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 175.6M/wk◈ 4 dependents⚖ MIT
actionviewRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 193.2M/wk◈ 4 dependents⚖ MIT
rails-dom-testingRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 169.8M/wk◈ 3 dependents⚖ MIT
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↓ 134.1M/wk◈ 3 dependents⚖ MIT
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Release history

26 releases in the last two years, typically about 0 days apart.

Recent versions of activesupport
VersionPublishedSizeLicense
8.0.5.11 month ago—MIT
7.2.3.21 month ago—MIT
8.1.3.1latest1 month ago—MIT
8.1.35 months ago—MIT
8.0.55 months ago—MIT
8.1.2.15 months ago—MIT
8.0.4.15 months ago—MIT
7.2.3.15 months ago—MIT
8.1.28 months ago—MIT
8.1.110 months ago—MIT
8.0.410 months ago—MIT
7.2.310 months ago—MIT
7.1.610 months ago—MIT
7.0.1010 months ago—MIT
7.0.910 months ago—MIT

Overview

activesupport is an RubyGems package. It is extremely widely used, with about 355.9M downloads per week and 16 known dependents in the graph. The latest version is 8.1.3.1, released under the MIT license.

Who should use it

Teams working in the RubyGems ecosystem who need this functionality and value a battle-tested, widely-adopted solution.

When not to use it

Consider an alternative if you need to or if a more actively-maintained option better fits your RubyGems stack.

Pros

  • Large, well-established user base (355.9M weekly downloads).
  • Clear open-source license (MIT).

Cons

  • No significant drawbacks detected from available metadata.

Auto-generated from collected registry metadata. No external claims are inferred.

Maintainers

David Heinemeier Hansson

Frequently asked questions

Should I use activesupport?

Yes — activesupport scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 355.9M downloads per week and 16 known dependents. Last published 42 days ago. 37 releases in the last 2 years.

How do I install activesupport?

Run `gem install activesupport` to add activesupport to your RubyGems project.

How many dependencies does activesupport have?

activesupport declares 12 direct dependencies and pulls in 13 packages in total once its runtime tree is resolved.

What license is activesupport released under?

activesupport is distributed under the MIT license. Its dependency tree also includes: MIT, Ruby.

How popular is activesupport?

activesupport has approximately 355,873,507 downloads per week and 16 known dependent packages.

Is activesupport still maintained?

The most recent release of activesupport (v8.1.3.1) was published 1 month ago.