Community and Support

The rb-sys project is maintained by the Oxidize Ruby community. We integrate Rust and Ruby to improve extension development.

Getting Help

If you encounter issues or have questions about using rb-sys, there are several ways to get help:

Join Our Slack Community

Join the Oxidize Ruby Slack workspace to ask questions, share projects, and get help from community members.

• Join the Oxidize Ruby Slack
• Post your question in the #general channel

GitHub Issues

If you think you've found a bug or want to request a new feature, please open an issue on GitHub:

• Open an issue on the rb-sys repository

Real-World Examples

These real-world examples show rb-sys in action:

• oxi-test - The canonical example of how to use rb-sys
• wasmtime-rb - WebAssembly runtime for Ruby
• lz4-ruby - LZ4 compression library
• blake3-ruby - BLAKE3 cryptographic hash function

Contributing to rb-sys

We welcome contributions to improve documentation, fix bugs, or add new features.

See the Contributing Guide for detailed information about setting up a development environment and making contributions.

Resources

Documentation

• oxidize.rb Documentation - Main documentation
• rb-sys API Docs - Rust API documentation
• Magnus Documentation - Higher-level Ruby/Rust bindings built on rb-sys

Tools

• rb-sys-dock - Docker-based cross-compilation tooling
• GitHub Actions - CI actions for testing and cross-compiling
• VSCode Debugging Guide - How to set up debugging for Rust extensions

Blog Posts and Talks

• oxidize.rb - Intro - Introduction to Ruby and Rust integration
• Cross-compiling Ruby C Extensions - How to compile for multiple platforms