specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: RubyGems
providerId: rubygems
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Ruby
  - Package Manager
  - Open Source
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: 'FOCUS-aligned FinOps shape for RubyGems.org: a free, community-funded public registry with
  no direct billing. FinOps relevance is indirect — internal cost of CI bandwidth and storage when consuming
  the registry — rather than vendor invoice reconciliation.'
sources:
  - https://guides.rubygems.org/rubygems-org-rate-limits/
  - https://rubygems.org/pages/sponsors
  - https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: Ruby Central, Inc.
serviceCategory: Developer Tools / Package Registry
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Free / Community-Funded
  billingFrequency: Not Applicable
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories: []
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: RubyGems.org
  ServiceCategory: Developer Tools / Package Registry
  ProviderName: RubyGems
  PublisherName: Ruby Central, Inc.
  InvoiceIssuerName: Ruby Central, Inc.
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: api_requests
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - endpoint
      - source_ip
  - name: gem_publishes
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - account
  - name: dependency_index_fetches
    unit: request
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - source_ip
  - name: download_bytes
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions:
      - gem
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: There is no per-consumer billing telemetry from RubyGems.org. Visibility comes from the
      consumer side (CI logs, mirror access logs, Bundler resolution traces) rather than provider-issued
      invoices.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Allocate the indirect costs (CI minutes, internal mirror storage/egress) by tagging Bundler
      / gem fetches with the project, environment, and pipeline that triggered them.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Use the compact index endpoints, run an internal gem mirror, cache aggressively in CI,
      and avoid hitting POST /api/v1/gems retry loops to stay well below load-balancer and rack-attack
      thresholds.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Engineering teams own their CI consumption and dependency hygiene. Sustained abusive traffic
      is escalated through support@rubygems.org.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com