# Isolate 1.0.1 Released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/isolate-1-0-1-released/175871>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 21, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/isolate-1-0-1-released/175871 "2009-09-21T23:14:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/isolate-1-0-1-released/175871/1 "2009-09-21T23:14:21Z")

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isolate version 1.0.1 has been released!

- [http://github.com/jbarnette/isolate](http://github.com/jbarnette/isolate)

Isolate is a very simple RubyGems sandbox. It provides a way to  
express and install your code’s Gem dependencies.

When Isolate runs, it uses GEM\_HOME, GEM\_PATH, and a few other tricks  
to completely separate your code from the system’s RubyGems  
configuration, leaving it free to run in blissful solitude.

While Isolate doesn’t make any assumptions about what sort of code  
you’re writing, it was extracted from a few Rails apps, so it’s  
naturally going to be most useful with stuff like Rails, Merb, or  
Sinatra.

Isolate is very, very, very stupid simple. For a much more  
full-featured Gem bundler, check out Yehuda K. and Carl L.'s  
Bundler: It does a lot of fancy AOT dependency resolution, supports  
non-gem resources, and is probably a better fit for you. For a widely  
used Gem manager and installer, check out Chad W.'s GemInstaller.

Changes:

### 1.0.1 / 2009-09-21

- Doco updates. [Review by Evan]
- Don’t modify Entry#options on install. [Review by Evan]

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**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/isolate-1-0-1-released/175871/2 "2009-09-22T02:18:09Z")

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John B. wrote:

> Isolate is very, very, very stupid simple. For a much more  
> full-featured Gem bundler, check out Yehuda K. and Carl L.'s  
> Bundler: It does a lot of fancy AOT dependency resolution, supports  
> non-gem resources, and is probably a better fit for you. For a widely  
> used Gem manager and installer, check out Chad W.'s GemInstaller.

See also [GitHub - vjoel/crown: Gather gem lib and bin files under one directory for fast loading and predictable behavior.](http://github.com/vjoel/crown) (it does AOT and non-gem  
resources as well).