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# RubyGems version lookup

**Observed 2026-09-27** at `https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/<gem>.json`.

- **No auth**; HTTP 200. For `rails`: `version` = **8.1.4**, `downloads` = 793,003,022.
- Field for latest version: `version`. Keyless.

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