# How to know all gems and plugins which I have install in system that are taking memory or not?

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**Created:** [May 3, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-know-all-gems-and-plugins-which-i-have-install-in-system-that-are-taking-memory-or-not/261302 "2021-05-03T11:09:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![shubham-jain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@shubham-jain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shubham-jain)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-know-all-gems-and-plugins-which-i-have-install-in-system-that-are-taking-memory-or-not/261302/1 "2021-05-03T11:09:22Z")

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`Any command to know what gems and plugins are taking how much memory in ruby`

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**Author:** ![shubham-jain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@shubham-jain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shubham-jain)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-know-all-gems-and-plugins-which-i-have-install-in-system-that-are-taking-memory-or-not/261302/2 "2021-05-04T16:20:15Z")

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No response, very interested

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**Author:** ![brodyhoskins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@brodyhoskins](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/brodyhoskins)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-know-all-gems-and-plugins-which-i-have-install-in-system-that-are-taking-memory-or-not/261302/3 "2021-06-29T06:29:51Z")

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Depending on whether you’re using rbenv or rvm they’ll likely be stored $HOME somewhere like ~/.rbenv or ~/.rvm. Each has commands to list the path that can be found in the documentation.

If you’re using a system ruby or Windows, then personally I have no idea.