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This service is accessible from Syria — voting is closed.
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Accessible in Syria. Comprehensive community testing in March 2026 confirmed full access with no VPN across all Syrian ISPs, covering the website, account creation, API key generation, browsing gems, installing gems via the CLI, system updates, and even publishing a test gem to the registry. No outreach was needed.
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Comprehensive community testing confirmed that RubyGems is fully accessible from Syria with no restrictions. Testing covered all core functionality: the main website (rubygems.org) loads successfully, gem system update via "gem update --system" works, manual installation from downloaded archive work...
RubyGems is open in Syria!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! RubyGems is currently accessible in Syria. Users can access this service without restrictions.
Check the timeline on this page for the full history of RubyGems's availability in Syria, including when access was restored.