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rake

RubyGems · v13.4.2 · MIT

Rake is a Make-like program implemented in Ruby. Tasks and dependencies are specified in standard Ruby syntax. Rake has the following features: * Rakefiles (rake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?) * Users can specify tasks with prerequisites. * Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks. * Flexible FileLists that act like arrays but know about manipulating file names and paths. * Supports parallel execution of tasks.

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Install

gem install rake

Adoption

All-time downloads
1.4B
Observeddownloads, all time
Popularity
Top 10% on RubyGems
Derived99th percentile within RubyGems
Dependents
80K
Observedpackages that depend on it
Maintenance
0.48
DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year
5.7
96 versions over its life

Growth by period

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Adoption history

Adoption historydownloads, all time

Observations in this range began OCT 6, 2026. The chart appears after 7 observations; 2 so far. Collecting history.

Table of observations (2)
Daydownloads, all timeDependents
OCT 24, 20261,446,097,67279,950
OCT 6, 20261,430,156,962Not observed

Facts from the registry

Latest version
v13.4.2
96 versions
First published
JUL 25, 2009
Last release
APR 16, 2026
6mo ago
Licence
MIT

Repository

In the Crest catalog

ruby/rake

A make-like build utility for Ruby.

Stars
2.5K
Forks
650
Language
Ruby
Last push
26d ago
Last release
6mo ago

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Dependencies latest version · v13.4.2

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