# Compare and find newer gems **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 22, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compare-and-find-newer-gems/129914 "2008-02-22T17:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compare-and-find-newer-gems/129914/1 "2008-02-22T17:20:48Z")
hello is there a way to query gems and find if there are updates to the currently installed gems. ---
**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compare-and-find-newer-gems/129914/2 "2008-02-22T17:35:00Z")
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Junkone [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > hello > is there a way to query gems and find if there are updates to the > currently installed gems. You can use “gem help commands” to see most things you can do with the gem tool “gem outdated” is among them and shows you all gems which can be updated. ---
**Author:** ![Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@Junkone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Junkone)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/compare-and-find-newer-gems/129914/3 "2008-02-22T17:36:12Z")
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008, Junkone wrote: > is there a way to query gems and find if there are updates to the > currently installed gems. You can run ‘gem outdated’, assuming you have a relatively recent version of RubyGems installed. If you don’t, upgrade it 😉 Ben