# \[ANN\] centralized rubygems rdocs site **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 23, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-centralized-rubygems-rdocs-site/170872 "2009-06-23T21:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-centralized-rubygems-rdocs-site/170872/1 "2009-06-23T21:21:46Z")
I am pleased to announce the release of my site that has the rdocs for [almost] all existing rubygems. Why? Because it’s convenient to have all rdocs installed in a single place to be able to browse/search them. Because it’s a central repository, too, it eliminates the need to install local rdocs for gems, which (when you turn it off) means you install local gems _much_ more quickly. It makes me happy every time I do a “gem install” 🙂 It also eliminates the need for running a local gem server. Benefits: These gems’ rdocs use the hanna theme, which provides for method search and an easy on the eyes layout. Though darkfish is also quite pretty, it isn’t as easy to read because of font contrast. Check it out! [http://allgems.faithpromotingstories.org/gems](http://allgems.faithpromotingstories.org/gems) core docs: [http://coredocs.faithpromotingstories.org/](http://coredocs.faithpromotingstories.org/) Note also that they’re using a temporarily subdomain url. If anybody is interested and could help me with a subdomain of a more ruby related url that would be cool. I hate to fork over that $10 a year for another domain you know me 🙂 Feedback welcome. Enjoy. =r ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-centralized-rubygems-rdocs-site/170872/2 "2009-06-23T22:05:58Z")
Roger P. wrote: > I am pleased to announce the release of my site that has the rdocs for > [almost] all existing rubygems. How much disk space does this take? How do you know you have (almost) all gems? Are you grabbing from rubyforge and github? – James B. [www.jamesbritt.com](http://www.jamesbritt.com) - Playing with Better Toys [www.ruby-doc.org](http://www.ruby-doc.org) - Ruby Help & Documentation [www.rubystuff.com](http://www.rubystuff.com) - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff [www.neurogami.com](http://www.neurogami.com) - Smart application development ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-centralized-rubygems-rdocs-site/170872/3 "2009-06-23T22:21:34Z")
Roger P. wrote: > I am pleased to announce the release of my site that has the rdocs for > [almost] all existing rubygems. Good idea, I always hated googling for gem rdocs all over the web, and finding mostly outdated versions. I assume you have some automation in place to rebuild the docs when new gems are released? > Note also that they’re using a temporarily subdomain url. If anybody is > interested and could help me with a subdomain of a more ruby related url > that would be cool. I could offer you some [ruby-forum.com](http://ruby-forum.com) subdomains, if you think that’s an improvement. Just tell me what you need and what IP to point it to. Andreas ---
**Author:** ![rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-centralized-rubygems-rdocs-site/170872/4 "2009-06-23T22:42:05Z")
> How much disk space does this take? lemme check …mbari\_gembox\_187$ du -h . --max-depth=1 7.9G ./lib +100MB for the core docs, I guess. This just fits in my linode (along with a few other rails sites). /dev/xvda 16G 13G 3.2G 80% / > Are you grabbing from rubyforge and github? Currently that’s just for the rubyforge gems–starting small here [though it should be easy to include github–I just wanted to get started ASAP] 🙂 Andreas wrote: > I assume you have some automation in place to rebuild the docs when new gems are released? Currently I only have “the install all script” but I intend on creating the “update all” script soon [these scripts are like 10 lines each it shouldn’t be too bad–I’ll note that it’s a 10 line script that took like a day straight of cpu to generate all the rdoc’s 🙂 ]. a subdomain of [ruby-forum.com](http://ruby-forum.com) has potential. Oh and thanks for ruby-forum BTW. I have no idea why google groups doesn’t let you subscribe to threads, but at least ruby-forum does. -=r