• Overview
• Specifications
• Licensing

Integrated Open Source Ruby Distribution

RubyStack is a freely available, ready to run distribution of Ruby on Rails™. Packaged with a very user-friendly installer, RubyStack makes it easy to have an enterprise-ready Rails environment up and running in just minutes. It allows you to take advantage of the stability, low cost and high performance of Ruby on Rails without the hassle of integrating, configuring, and supporting your own build.

RubyStack is currently available for Linux and Mac OS X, with support for Windows and Solaris coming soon. As with all of our Web Stacks, RubyStack is free to download and use under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. As the stack contains several open source tools and libraries, it is important that you read and comply with the licenses for each stack component.

RubyStack offers two installation profiles to make it easy to set up Ruby in both development and production environments. Both profiles install the following open source software, along with several other tools and libraries.

• Ruby
• Subversion
• SQLite
• MySQL
• ImageMagick
• Several Ruby Gems, including: Rails, Mongrel, mongrel_cluster and RMagick

The Production installation profile also installs Apache 2.2 with rewrite and proxy support, so you have everything you need to deploy your Ruby on Rails applications. You can learn more about the benefits of using BitRock Web Stacks or go directly to the download page to get a copy.

RubyStack was developed in conjunction with FiveRuns, the leading provider of Rails Management solutions. The stack is also available from their website under the name RM-Install.