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Ruby Central in 'real financial jeopardy' following RubyGems maintainer ruckus

Non profit loses several staffers including its executive director

Ruby Central, a nonprofit that supports the Ruby programming language ecosystem, is in "real financial jeopardy," according to a missive from its board members.

Among other cost-cutting measures, it said, it has "parted ways" with its executive director, Shan Cureton, as well as its "PR agency, our CFO, and concluded several contractor engagements."

Board members Jey Flores and Ran Craycraft said that, after joining Ruby Central Board at the start of 2026, they had seen the organization's finances "become overly dependent on the optimistic timing of when funds may be received against fixed timelines for when our expenses are due."

The statement , released last night, follows a spat between different groups, with Ruby Central (which is the non-profit organization that manages the rubygems.org infrastructure) removing long-standing maintainers who then…