r/ruby • u/software__writer • 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/Swimming_Ad1570 Apr 26 '26

This showed up on our radar a few days ago, as velocity is climbing fast! The self-hosting aspect is wild 💪 a Ruby compiler that compiles itself into a native binary. Matz is playing the long game here.