How to list your website on RubyGems.org
Gem page on the Ruby community's package host, with a Homepage link to your site.
- Link
- Nofollow link
- Cost
- Free
- Effort
- Moderate
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Weeks 2 and 3
Short answer
RubyGems.org is free to join, and the link is nofollow, so its value is visitors and trust rather than ranking. To get listed, create a RubyGems.org account; it takes about an hour.
How to get listed on RubyGems.org
- Step 1: Create a RubyGems.org account.
- Step 2: Set homepage and metadata such as homepage_uri and source_code_uri in your gemspec.
- Step 3: Build the gem with gem build.
- Step 4: Publish it with gem push and sign in when prompted.
You need
RubyGems.org account and a working gem with a name no other gem uses.
Good to know
Gem page links are nofollow, and this only makes sense if you ship real Ruby code.
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- rubygems.org
- Category
- Developer communities
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- When to do it
- Weeks 2 and 3
- Position
- 26 of 28 in Developer communities
About the link
The link carries rel="nofollow": it brings visitors and trust signals, little ranking value.
Best for
- Developers
- SaaS
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Questions about RubyGems.org
Are RubyGems.org links dofollow?
No. RubyGems.org marks its links rel="nofollow", so they pass little ranking value. They still bring visitors and help show your business is real.
Is RubyGems.org free?
Yes. Listing on RubyGems.org is free.
How much work does a listing on RubyGems.org take?
A full profile with screenshots or a verification step: about an hour. How long approval takes is up to RubyGems.org: many sites review a listing before it goes live.
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