Company
Date Published
Author
The ClickHouse & Ruby Central teams
Word count
3683
Language
English
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None

Summary

Ruby developers can now access free gem analytics via sql.clickhouse.com in partnership with Ruby Central. The dataset includes over 180 billion rows of download logs since 2017, allowing for exploration of trends and adoption patterns across the Ruby ecosystem. The data is hosted on ClickHouse, a column-store database that enables efficient querying of large datasets. Users can query the data directly via SQL, or use pre-aggregated daily statistics provided by Ruby Central. Additionally, materialized views are available to accelerate common queries, such as finding the most downloaded gems or downloads over time for a specific gem version. The service is free and intended to support researchers, maintainers, and curious developers in understanding the Ruby ecosystem.