Hoe is a rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It helps you manage, maintain, and release your project and includes a dynamic plug-in system allowing for easy extensibility. Hoe ships with plug-ins for all your usual project tasks including rdoc generation, testing, packaging, deployment, and announcement.

See class rdoc for help. Hint: ‘ri Hoe` or any of the plugins listed below.

For extra goodness, see: docs.seattlerb.org/hoe/Hoe.pdf

Features/Problems:

  • Includes a dynamic plug-in system allowing for easy extensibility.

  • Auto-intuits changes, description, summary, and version.

  • Uses a manifest for safe and secure deployment.

  • Provides ‘sow’ for quick project directory creation.

  • Sow uses a simple ERB templating system allowing you to capture your project patterns.

Required Ruby Version

>= 3.2

Required Rubygems Version

>= 3.0

Authors

Ryan Davis

Versions

  1. 4.7.2

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      1. 4.7.2 source September 08, 2026 (190 KB)
  2. 4.7.1

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      1. 4.7.1 source July 03, 2026 (190 KB)
  3. 4.7.0

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      1. 4.7.0 source April 22, 2026 (190 KB)
  4. 4.6.1

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      1. 4.6.1 source February 23, 2026 (190 KB)
  5. 4.6.0

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      1. 4.6.0 source January 29, 2026 (190 KB)
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