RubyInstaller-4.0.2-1 - 2026-03-17

Added

• Add more text to the startmenu buttons and more color to outputs.

Changed

• Update to ruby-4.0.2, see release notes.
• Update the SSL CA certificate list.
• Change libssl-3.dll to libssl-3-arm64.dll on ARM64.

RubyInstaller-3.4.9-1 - 2026-03-14

Added

• Add the missing rdbg executable. #474

Changed

• Update to ruby-3.4.9, see release notes.
• Shrink the 5 app icons to only one and add a subsequent console-based startmenu.
  One icon only is a requirement of Microsoft to provide an app in the Microsoft Store.
• Compact ENV display when running ridk enable. #470
• Fix possible crash in ridk enable when searching the Windows registry.
• Fix detection of MSYS2 in a non-standard location. #445, #350
• Check and add directory etc/ssl/certs in c_rehash.rb. #472
• Preliminary support for MSYS2 environment clang64 . #471
• Update links to point to the correct repository. #463

Removed

• Remove libgcc_s_seh-1.dll. It is no longer necessary. #467

RubyInstaller-4.0.1-1 - 2026-01-16

Added

• Add the missing rdbg executable. #474

Changed

• Update to ruby-4.0.1, see release notes.
• Compact ENV display when ridk enable. #470
• Fix possible crash in ridk enable when searching the Windows registry.
• Fix detection of MSYS2 in a non-standard location. #445, #350
• Check and add directory etc/ssl/certs in c_rehash.rb. #472
• Improve startmenu introduced in Ruby-4.0:
  • Various optical and behaviour improvements. #469
  • Add mouse event handling to classic terminal and avoid threads. #475
  • Return to startmenu from irb and ridk
• Preliminary support for MSYS2 environment clang64 . #471
• Update links to point to the correct repository. #463

Removed

• Remove libgcc_s_seh-1.dll. It is no longer necessary. #467

RubyInstaller-3.2.10-1 - 2026-01-16

Added

• Add the missing rdbg executable. #474

Changed

• Update to ruby-4.0.1, see release notes.
• Use msys2 headless installer in ridk install 1 and install into ruby's base directory. #459
• Extend c_rehash.rb helper script to update all three locations of SSL CA certificates #461
• Compact ENV display when ridk enable. #470
• Fix possible crash in ridk enable when searching the Windows registry.
• Fix detection of MSYS2 in a non-standard location. #445, #350
• Shrink the 5 app icons to only one and a subsequent console-based startmenu.
• Preliminary support for MSYS2 environment clang64 . #471
• Update links to point to the correct repository. #463
• Update the SSL CA certificate list.

Removed

• Remove libgcc_s_seh-1.dll. It is no longer necessary. #467

RubyInstaller-4.0.0-1 - 2025-12-27

This is the first release based on ruby-4.0.x: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/25/ruby-4-0-0-released/

Changes compared to RubyInstaller-3.4.8-1

• Shrink the 5 app icons to only one and a subsequent console-based startmenu.
  One icon only is a requirement of Microsoft to provide an app in the Microsoft Store.
• Add a patch to fix ruby's CLI to recognize inputs as UTF-8
  ruby/ruby#12377
• Drop X86/32-bit release package. Only X64 and ARM64 packages are provided for Ruby-4.0+.

RubyInstaller-3.4.8-1 - 2025-12-18

Changed

• Update to ruby-3.4.8, see release notes.
• Use msys2 headless installer in ridk install 1 and install into ruby's base directory. #459
• Extend c_rehash.rb helper script to update all three locations of SSL CA certificates #461
• Update the SSL CA certificate list.

RubyInstaller-3.3.10-1 - 2025-10-24

Changed

• Update to ruby-3.3.10, see release notes.
• Update the SSL CA certificate list.

RubyInstaller-3.4.7-1 - 2025-10-08

Changed

• Update to ruby-3.4.7, see release notes.
• Patch the bundled openssl gem to fix compatibility with OpenSSL-3.6.0.
  See ruby/openssl@e8481cd

RubyInstaller-3.4.6-1 - 2025-09-18

Changed

• Update to ruby-3.4.6, see release notes.

RubyInstaller-3.4.5-1 - 2025-07-25

Changed

• Update to ruby-3.4.5, see release notes.
• Update the SSL CA certificate list.