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prism

RubyGemsv1.9.0

Safe to adopt

Yes — prism scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 46.9M downloads per week and 2 known dependents. Last published 225 days ago. 12 releases in the last 2 years.

  • AAdoption: grade A, Excellent.

    46.9M downloads per week and 2 known dependents.

  • BMaintenance: grade B, Good.

    Last published 225 days ago. 12 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 prism to a project.

0
Direct dependencies

Runtime packages this one declares itself.

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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.

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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 prism.

minitestRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 321.3M/wk◈ 2 dependents⚖ MIT
irbRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 59.1M/wk◈ 1 dependents⚖ Ruby

Relationship graph

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

minitestirbprism
prism dependencies dependents

Frequently installed together

drbRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 65.7M/wk◈ 2 dependents⚖ Ruby
relineRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 61.4M/wk◈ 3 dependents⚖ Ruby
ppRubyGems

No description provided.

↓ 33.2M/wk◈ 1 dependents⚖ Ruby

Release history

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

Recent versions of prism
VersionPublishedSizeLicense
1.8.15 months ago—MIT
1.9.0latest7 months ago—MIT
1.8.08 months ago—MIT
1.7.08 months ago—MIT
1.6.010 months ago—MIT
1.5.211 months ago—MIT
1.5.11 year ago—MIT
1.5.01 year ago—MIT
1.4.01 year ago—MIT
1.3.01 year ago—MIT
1.2.01 year ago—MIT
1.1.01 year ago—MIT
1.0.02 years ago—MIT
0.30.02 years ago—MIT
0.29.02 years ago—MIT

Overview

prism is an RubyGems package. It is extremely widely used, with about 46.9M downloads per week and 2 known dependents in the graph. The latest version is 1.9.0, 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 (46.9M 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

Shopify

Frequently asked questions

Should I use prism?

Yes — prism scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 46.9M downloads per week and 2 known dependents. Last published 225 days ago. 12 releases in the last 2 years.

How do I install prism?

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

What license is prism released under?

prism is distributed under the MIT license.

How popular is prism?

prism has approximately 46,897,015 downloads per week and 2 known dependent packages.

Is prism still maintained?

The most recent release of prism (v1.9.0) was published 7 months ago.