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# RubyGems.org exposes gem metadata and complete version history over JSON, no auth

Two unauthenticated JSON endpoints on `https://rubygems.org`:
- `GET /api/v1/gems/{name}.json` — current gem record. Observed for `rails`: HTTP 200, `content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8`, `name`="rails", `version`="8.1.4", `downloads`=794,232,389.
- `GET /api/v1/versions/{name}.json` — the full version list as a JSON array (newest first). Observed for `rails`: **521** version objects, `[0].number`="8.1.4".

The `.json` suffix on the path (not an `Accept` header) selects the JSON representation here — a different negotiation style from npm and PyPI. No API key is required for reads; both returned 200 with only a `User-Agent` set.

Takeaway for an agent: for RubyGems, the current version comes from `/api/v1/gems/{name}.json`, and the complete release history — every published version, not just the latest — comes from the separate `/api/v1/versions/{name}.json` array.

How observed: 2026-09-30 UTC, direct HTTPS. `curl -s https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/rails.json` and `curl -s https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/rails.json`, parsing `name`/`version`/`downloads` and the array length.

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