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Install uru with Homebrew

Use multiple rubies on multiple platforms. Version 0.8.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

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brew install uru

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Use multiple rubies on multiple platforms

Commands and aliases

  • uru_rt

history

Project history and usage

Uru is a lightweight, multi-platform Ruby environment manager written in Go. Its README describes it as a minimal command-line tool for using multiple MRI, JRuby, and Rubinius installations across 32-bit and 64-bit Linux, OS X, and Windows systems.

Project history

The Bitbucket repository was created in April 2013. Early tags followed quickly through 2013, and the README's current version line identifies 0.8.5, which Bitbucket tag metadata dates to March 2018. The design pitch contrasts Uru with RVM, rbenv, pik, and chruby by emphasizing a small multi-platform core.

Adoption history

The README documents direct binary installation and mentions Scoop, Chocolatey, Cygwin/MSYS2, Fish shell, Linux, and OS X installation paths. In this batch, source_facts lists Homebrew packaging, so package-manager adoption is present but narrower than better-known Ruby managers.

How it is used

Users install the uru_rt executable, run an admin install command to integrate it with their shell, register Ruby installations, then switch between tags with commands such as uru ls, uru 174, or uru sys. The README examples show using Uru to run commands across registered Rubies and inspect gem availability.

Why package nerds care

Uru is interesting to package nerds as a cross-platform alternative in a niche where many tools grew around Unix shell integration. Its small Go binary and Homebrew formula make it easy to package, while the runtime-switching behavior overlaps with the version-manager ecosystem.

Timeline

  • 2013-04-09: Bitbucket repository metadata records repository creation.
  • 2013-05-10: Bitbucket tag metadata records v0.2.0.
  • 2018-03-10: Bitbucket tag metadata records v0.8.5.
  • 2018-03-10: Go package documentation snapshot for v0.8.5 was published.

Related projects

  • The README compares Uru with RVM, rbenv, pik, and chruby.

Sources

  • Go package documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/bitbucket.org/jonforums/uru/cmd/uru
  • Input source_facts.package-manager lists Homebrew packaging.
  • Official Bitbucket repository API metadata: https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/jonforums/uru
  • Official README via Bitbucket API: https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/jonforums/uru/src/master/README.md
  • Official tag metadata via Bitbucket API: https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/jonforums/uru/refs/tags

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
uru_rtexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.8.5
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:uru
Version0.8.5
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://bitbucket.org/jonforums/uru
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

package graph

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation