chruby
E96215
chruby is a lightweight command-line tool that lets developers easily switch between multiple installed Ruby versions on a system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| chruby canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: chruby Context triple: [Ruby, hasVersionManager, chruby]
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A.
Cygwin
Cygwin is a compatibility layer that provides a Unix-like environment and command-line tools for Microsoft Windows, enabling users to run and build POSIX-compliant software on the Windows platform.
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B.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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C.
Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language known for its elegant syntax and its use in the Ruby on Rails web framework.
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D.
ChakraCore
ChakraCore is an open-source JavaScript engine developed by Microsoft, originally used in the Edge browser to execute and optimize JavaScript code.
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E.
Homebrew
Homebrew is a popular open-source package manager that simplifies installing and managing software on macOS (and Linux) via the command line.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: chruby Target entity description: chruby is a lightweight command-line tool that lets developers easily switch between multiple installed Ruby versions on a system.
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A.
Cygwin
Cygwin is a compatibility layer that provides a Unix-like environment and command-line tools for Microsoft Windows, enabling users to run and build POSIX-compliant software on the Windows platform.
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B.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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C.
Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language known for its elegant syntax and its use in the Ruby on Rails web framework.
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D.
ChakraCore
ChakraCore is an open-source JavaScript engine developed by Microsoft, originally used in the Edge browser to execute and optimize JavaScript code.
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E.
Homebrew
Homebrew is a popular open-source package manager that simplifies installing and managing software on macOS (and Linux) via the command line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ruby version manager
ⓘ
command-line utility ⓘ software tool ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
RVM
ⓘ
rbenv ⓘ |
| canBeUsedWith |
Bash
ⓘ
linked to:
Unix shell
Fish shell ⓘ Zsh ⓘ |
| category |
Ruby ecosystem tool
ⓘ
developer tool ⓘ |
| command |
chruby
ⓘ
chruby-exec ⓘ |
| configurationMethod | shell configuration file ⓘ |
| creator | Postmodern ⓘ |
| designGoal |
avoid shell pollution
ⓘ
low overhead ⓘ simplicity ⓘ |
| developer | Postmodern ⓘ |
| documentationFormat | README on GitHub ⓘ |
| feature |
auto-switch Ruby version per project directory
ⓘ
minimal shell modifications ⓘ simple environment variable management ⓘ |
| integratesWith | .ruby-version files ⓘ |
| isLightweight | true ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| manages |
GEM_HOME environment variable
ⓘ
GEM_PATH environment variable ⓘ PATH environment variable for Ruby binaries ⓘ RUBY_ENGINE environment variable ⓘ RUBY_ROOT environment variable ⓘ RUBY_VERSION environment variable ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
manage Ruby versions on a system
ⓘ
switch between multiple Ruby versions ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Bash
ⓘ
linked to:
Unix shell
|
| relatedTool | ruby-install ⓘ |
| repositoryPlatform | GitHub ⓘ |
| requiresShellIntegration | true ⓘ |
| supportsInstallationMethod |
Homebrew
ⓘ
manual source installation ⓘ package manager installation ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | Ruby ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
per-project Ruby version management
ⓘ
switch Ruby versions for development ⓘ |
| usagePattern | invoked as shell function ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: chruby Description of subject: chruby is a lightweight command-line tool that lets developers easily switch between multiple installed Ruby versions on a system.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.