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pack-rb

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pack-rb installs a Ruby wrapper executable named `pack` that downloads the matching Pack release binary for the current platform and then hands control to it.
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 Releases
Current version
0.1.12
Total releases
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First release
2026-04-30
Latest release
2026-05-01
 Development
Primary Language
Rust
Licenses
MIT
Average date of last 50 commits
2026-04-30
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Pack

Pack is a Rust-powered Ruby package manager and Rails workflow CLI.

It keeps common gem-facing commands close together, adds project and Rails helpers, and aims to cut the usual Ruby CLI startup drag without changing the way Ruby developers already work.

Install

Direct binary (no Ruby required)

# Linux / macOS
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Blu3Ph4ntom/pack/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
# Windows PowerShell
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Blu3Ph4ntom/pack/main/scripts/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex"

Both installers verify the binary against SHA256SUMS from the GitHub release.

RubyGems wrapper

gem install pack-rb
pack --help

pack-rb installs the pack launcher. On first run it downloads the matching Pack binary for the current platform from GitHub Releases and verifies it against SHA256SUMS.

gem install pack-rb is effectively the last gem command you need for installing Pack itself.

From source

cargo build --release
target/release/pack --help

What ships today

  • RubyGems-compatible commands for install, list, env, uninstall, outdated, cleanup, and global update
  • Native RubyGems.org registry reads for search and info
  • Gemfile editing with pack add and pack remove
  • Lockfile generation with pack generate
  • Dependency inspection with pack why
  • Direct executable dispatch with pack exec
  • Rails helpers including pack server, pack console, pack test, pack r-spec, pack db, pack assets, pack cache, pack rails, and pack rake
  • Task execution through Packfile
  • pack update for project gems and pack update --global for globally installed gems
  • pack upgrade for upgrading Pack through RubyGems or the direct binary installer
  • Plugin management through pack plugins

Benchmarks

The repo only advertises numbers that were measured locally or reported directly by Criterion.

Command comparisons

Command Pack Comparison target
pack --version 32.20 ms bundle --version at 368.24 ms
pack list 16.95 ms gem list at 496.37 ms

Parser timings

Benchmark Result Source
Gemfile parse (100 deps) 8.67–8.86 µs cargo bench --bench gemfile_parse
Lockfile parse (50 gems) 48.45–50.08 µs cargo bench --bench gemfile_parse
Lockfile parse (200 gems) 91.60–117.35 µs cargo bench --bench lockfile_bench

Release model

Releases are driven from .github/workflows/release.yml.

On each version tag, the workflow:

  1. runs workspace tests
  2. builds the pack-rb gem
  3. builds platform binaries for Linux, Windows, and macOS
  4. publishes a GitHub Release with binaries plus SHA256SUMS
  5. publishes pack-rb to RubyGems

Local verification

cargo test --workspace --quiet
cargo build --release -p pack-cli
cd web && npm install && npm run build
cd gems/pack-rb && gem build pack-rb.gemspec

Repository layout

  • crates/pack-cli — CLI entry point
  • crates/pack-gemfile — Gemfile and lockfile parsing
  • crates/pack-registry — RubyGems.org registry access
  • crates/pack-installer — install orchestration
  • crates/pack-exec — execution and plugin support
  • gems/pack-rb — RubyGems wrapper package
  • web/ — website and docs

License

MIT