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marcel

RubyGemsv2.1.0

Safe to adopt

Yes — marcel scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 120.4M downloads per week and 1 known dependents. Last published 18 days ago. 6 releases in the last 2 years.

  • AAdoption: grade A, Excellent.

    120.4M downloads per week and 1 known dependents.

  • AMaintenance: grade A, Excellent.

    Last published 18 days ago. 6 releases in the last 2 years.

  • AWeight: grade A, Excellent.

    Zero runtime dependencies.

  • 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 marcel to a project.

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Direct dependencies

Runtime packages this one declares itself.

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Total installed

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Install size

Unpacked size of this package plus its entire runtime tree.

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Tree depth

Longest resolved dependency chain below this package.

Compatibility

Ruby
No constraint declared

Used by

Popular packages that depend on marcel.

activestorageRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 134.1M/wk◈ 3 dependents⚖ MIT

Relationship graph

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

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marcel dependencies dependents

Frequently installed together

activesupportRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 355.9M/wk◈ 16 dependents⚖ MIT
activerecordRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 208.5M/wk◈ 4 dependents⚖ MIT
actionpackRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 205.5M/wk◈ 8 dependents⚖ MIT
activejobRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 175.6M/wk◈ 4 dependents⚖ MIT

Release history

6 releases in the last two years, typically about 94 days apart.

Recent versions of marcel
VersionPublishedSizeLicense
2.1.0latest18 days ago—MIT
2.0.018 days ago—MIT
1.2.13 months ago—MIT
1.2.03 months ago—MIT
1.1.13 months ago—MIT
1.1.011 months ago—MIT
1.0.42 years ago—MIT
1.0.32 years ago—MIT
1.0.25 years ago—MIT
1.0.15 years ago—MIT
1.0.05 years ago—MIT
0.3.38 years ago—MIT
0.3.28 years ago—MIT
0.3.18 years ago—MIT
0.3.08 years ago—MIT

Overview

marcel is an RubyGems package. It is extremely widely used, with about 120.4M downloads per week and 1 known dependents in the graph. The latest version is 2.1.0, 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 (120.4M weekly downloads).
  • Clear open-source license (MIT).
  • Zero runtime dependencies — minimal footprint.

Cons

  • No significant drawbacks detected from available metadata.

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

Maintainers

Tom Ward

Frequently asked questions

Should I use marcel?

Yes — marcel scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 120.4M downloads per week and 1 known dependents. Last published 18 days ago. 6 releases in the last 2 years.

How do I install marcel?

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

What license is marcel released under?

marcel is distributed under the MIT license.

How popular is marcel?

marcel has approximately 120,418,296 downloads per week and 1 known dependent packages.

Is marcel still maintained?

The most recent release of marcel (v2.1.0) was published 18 days ago.