Ruby Central's OSS Changelog: August 2025

After giving my keynote at Baltic Ruby on sustainable open source, I was approached by several people who wanted to know about how the RubyGems service was funded. This led me to write a post going into detail about the funding model for RubyGems.org that I published on August 1st. One suggestion that stood out during my hallway conversations was when an attendee asked if their company could provide RubyGems.org with money on the spot. I told him about our sponsorships, but it was too much effort, as it would involve other leaders in the company to get involved. If we gave him a way to make a small but meaningful payment by credit card, he could get it done. This led to the addition of supporter levels of $2,500 and $5,000 per year. Those levels were selected because they are within reason for a profitable software company or consultancy. Given how many companies build with Ruby, it seemed like a great opportunity to build support for our operations. If this unlocks a new way for you or someone you know to get involved with supporting our work, take a moment to read more about it here (and share this news with your #RubyFriends!). As mentioned in our previous newsletters, we will now be sending out separate updates for the Open Source Program and.