Spinel is a cooperative of Ruby open source maintainers, inspired by Geomys.
spi·nel (spɪ'nɛl) n.
1 (mineralogy) Mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium with cubic symmetry, used as gemstones. Some of the world's most famous gemstones are spinels, which were once thought to be rubies. 2 a cooperative of open source maintainers.
Spinel maintains the Ruby language packaging ecosystem, and acts as maintainer of last resort for the Ruby ecosystem. Our portfolio includes:
- rv, the ultimate Ruby version manager and gem tool
- bundler, the Ruby language dependency manager
- rubygems, the Ruby language package manager
- oaken, fixtures + factories + seeds for your Rails environments
Spinel offers companies that use Ruby and Rails direct access to the expertise of the maintainers. A Spinel retainer offers organizations the opportunity to ensure the sustainability of their foundational Ruby dependencies, and direct access to the expertise of the maintainers.
If you’re betting your business on a critical open source technology, you
- want it to be sustainably and predictably maintained; and
- need occasional access to expertise that would be blisteringly expensive to acquire and retain.
Getting maintainers on retainer solves both problems for a fraction of the cost of a fully-loaded full-time engineer. From the maintainers’ point of view, it’s steady income to keep doing what they do best. It’s a great deal for both sides.
We'd love to hear from you. You can reach us at hello@ our domain name.
