Many people use Ruby in their daily work and hobby projects. Here are some real-world examples of how Ruby is being used.
Web Applications
- Ruby on Rails
- Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web framework, powering sites like Basecamp, GitHub, Shopify, Airbnb, Twitch, SoundCloud, and many more.
- Basecamp
- The project management tool that inspired Rails. Built entirely in Ruby.
System Administration
- Puppet
- An IT automation framework written in Ruby, used for managing infrastructure at scale.
- Chef
- An infrastructure automation platform built in Ruby.
Scripting and Automation
Ruby's clean syntax makes it ideal for system administration scripts, build automation, text processing, and data transformation tasks.