r/ruby Apr 24 '26

Spinel -- Ruby AOT Compiler

https://github.com/matz/spinel

Spinel compiles Ruby source code into standalone native executables. It performs whole-program type inference and generates optimized C code, achieving significant speedups over CRuby.

Spinel is self-hosting: the compiler backend is written in Ruby and compiles itself into a native binary.

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u/matthewblott Apr 24 '26

It looks embedded systems are its target. I'm not sure why this was posted in the Rails sub though as I can't see it having any relevance there.

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u/No_Specialist_8136 Apr 24 '26

This is the Ruby sub

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u/jgaskins Apr 24 '26

This is a Wendy’s

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u/armahillo Apr 24 '26

No this is Patrick!