# Gems description

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-description/160746>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 19, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-description/160746 "2009-02-19T09:31:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-description/160746/1 "2009-02-19T09:31:22Z")

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Can any body tell me how to know the description of every gem in rails

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**Author:** ![chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@chaitanya](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 9:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-description/160746/2 "2009-02-19T09:58:27Z")

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gem list -d