Lifecycle

Ruby Product Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and end-of-support dates for 1 Ruby products and 20 versions.

Releases and Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and support and end-of-life dates as published by Ruby. Dates within the next 12 months are highlighted; past dates are dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

Ruby maintenance branches. Each release series receives normal maintenance (bug and security fixes), then security maintenance, then reaches end of life with no further patch releases. [1]

Ruby (CRuby interpreter) 20 versions

Version	Released	End of standard support	End of life	Source
4.0Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2025	–	–	[1][2]
3.4Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2024	–	–	[1][2]
3.3Ruby maintenance branchesEOL date is marked expected on the branches page.	25 Dec 2023	1 Apr 2026	31 Mar 2027	[1][2]
3.2Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2022	1 Apr 2025	1 Apr 2026	[1][2]
3.1Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2021	1 Apr 2024	26 Mar 2025	[1][2]
3.0Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2020	1 Apr 2023	23 Apr 2024	[1][2]
2.7Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2019	1 Apr 2022	31 Mar 2023	[1][2]
2.6Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2018	1 Apr 2021	12 Apr 2022	[1][2]
2.5Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2017	1 Apr 2020	5 Apr 2021	[1][2]
2.4Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2016	1 Apr 2019	31 Mar 2020	[1][2]
2.3Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2015	28 Mar 2018	31 Mar 2019	[1][2]
2.2Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2014	28 Mar 2017	31 Mar 2018	[1][2]
2.1Ruby maintenance branches	25 Dec 2013	31 Mar 2016	31 Mar 2017	[1][2]
2.0.0Ruby maintenance branches	24 Feb 2013	24 Feb 2016	24 Feb 2016	[1][2]
1.9.3Ruby maintenance branches	31 Oct 2011	24 Feb 2014	23 Feb 2015	[1][2]
1.9.2	18 Aug 2010	–	–	[2]
1.9.1	30 Jan 2009	–	–	[2]
1.8.7	31 May 2008	–	–	[2]
1.9.0	25 Dec 2007	–	–	[2]
1.8.6	12 Mar 2007	–	–	[2]

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Ruby Maintenance Branches retrieved 2026-10-14
Ruby Releases retrieved 2026-10-14