RSpec

Spec sheet

Purpose

RSpec is a behavior-driven development framework for Ruby.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Security

The project repository links to a security policy.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The help page recommends the RSpec mailing list for general support and development questions, and GitHub issues for project bugs.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Community

The project says it continues to evolve through community input and the work of hundreds of contributors.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Compatibility limits

The documentation recommends relying on public APIs because private APIs may change in any release without warning.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Documentation

The documentation site lists API documentation and executable Gherkin examples for RSpec libraries.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Expectations

rspec-expectations provides a readable API for expressing expected outcomes in examples.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

History

RSpec began in 2005 as an experiment by Steven Baker and released version 1.0 in May 2007.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Install

The project README says to install the main libraries with `gem install rspec`.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Interoperability

RSpec libraries can work together or be used independently with Cucumber or Minitest.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Rails support

rspec-rails supports testing Ruby on Rails applications in place of Rails’ built-in test framework.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Test doubles

rspec-mocks provides fake objects for controlling the environment in which specs run.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

Test runner

rspec-core provides a command-line spec runner, customizable reporting, and an API for organizing code examples.Read 5 Oct 2026 · rspec.info

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Where Specifiction places it

• Unit Testing#23 of 327.2
• BDD Testing Tools#24 of 307.1
• Unit Testing Frameworks#30 of 327.2