Ruby 2.5
end of lifeEOL 2021-04-05
Ruby 2.5 reached end of life on 2021-04-05 and is no longer supported. First release: 2017-12-25. Latest stable release: 2.5.9. Lifecycle periods below are derived from official vendor sources with provenance.
Latest stable 2.5.9 (2021-04-05)
Lifecycle & support periods
| Phase | From | Until | Provider | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| standard support | 2017-12-25 | 2020-04-01 | Ruby core team | Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org) |
| security support | 2020-04-01 | 2021-04-05 | Ruby core team | Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org) |
| end of life | 2021-04-05 | — | Ruby core team | Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org) |
Provenance
Every lifecycle fact is traceable to its authoritative source.
- Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org)first party · highhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/master/_data/branches.yml
Retrieved 2026-08-29 · Ruby 2.5 end-of-life (official eol_date)
- Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org)first party · highhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/master/_data/branches.yml
Retrieved 2026-08-29 · Ruby 2.5 security maintenance
- Ruby branches.yml (ruby/www.ruby-lang.org)first party · highhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/master/_data/branches.yml
Retrieved 2026-08-29 · Ruby 2.5 normal maintenance (bug + security fixes)
Recent releases
- 2.5.92021-04-05
- 2.5.82020-03-31
- 2.5.72019-10-01
- 2.5.62019-08-28
- 2.5.52019-03-15
- 2.5.42019-03-13
- 2.5.32018-10-18
- 2.5.22018-10-17
- 2.5.12018-03-28
- 2.5.02017-12-25
- 2.5.0-preview1prerelease2017-10-10
- 2.5.0-rc1prerelease2017-12-14