Overflowing Treasure Chest

I've got a wealth of RubyGems installed. An embarrassment of riches, really.

Some I've played with; most I haven't. I've installed some almost as a way of 'bookmarking' them, presumably to mess around with them at some point in the future. It's sad, really. But when I hear of a cool one, it's hard not to grab it right away.

I have 255 gems installed. Wait, nope - I just updated and now it's 259. Yep.

Of course, the list grows merely from updating. Merb, for example, has gone from something like 2 to 14 or thereabouts.

Here's the list as of today:

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

abstract (1.0.0)
action_profiler (1.0.0)
actionmailer (2.1.1, 2.1.0)
actionpack (2.1.1, 2.1.0)
activerecord (2.1.1, 2.1.0)
activerecord-dbslayer-adapter (0.3.0)
ActiveRecord-JDBC (0.5)
activerecord-jdbc-adapter (0.8.2)
activerecord-jdbcderby-adapter (0.8.2)
activeresource (2.1.1, 2.1.0)
activesupport (2.1.1, 2.1.0)
acts_as_reportable (1.1.1)
addressable (1.0.4)
airake (0.4.5)
Antwrap (0.7.0)
anvil (0.0.1)
aquarium (0.4.2)
archive-tar-minitar (0.5.2)
arrayfields (4.6.0)
aspectr (0.3.7)
assistance (0.1.5)
aws-s3 (0.5.1)
backupgem (0.0.11)
blinkenlights (0.0.4)
BlueCloth (1.0.0)
builder (2.1.2)
buildr (1.3.2)
bus-scheme (0.7.6)
camping (1.5)
capistrano (2.5.0, 1.4.2)
capitate (0.3.6)
celerity (0.0.4)
cgi_multipart_eof_fix (2.5.0)
cheat (1.2.1)
chronic (0.2.3)
cmdparse (2.0.2)
color (1.4.0)
color-tools (1.3.0)
columnize (0.2)
daemons (1.0.10, 0.4.2)
data_objects (0.9.5)
datamapper (0.9.5)
dcov (0.2.2)
deprec (1.9.3)
diff-lcs (1.1.2)
ditz (0.5)
dm-aggregates (0.9.5)
dm-cli (0.9.5)
dm-core (0.9.5)
dm-is-tree (0.9.5)
dm-migrations (0.9.5)
dm-observer (0.9.5)
dm-serializer (0.9.5)
dm-timestamps (0.9.5)
dm-types (0.9.5)
dm-validations (0.9.5)
doodle (0.1.8)
dust (0.1.6)
english (0.3.1)
erubis (2.6.2)
excemel (0.0.1)
expectations (1.2.0)
extlib (0.9.6)
facets (2.4.4, 1.4.5)
faker (0.3.1)
fastercsv (1.4.0, 1.2.3)
fastri (0.3.1.1)
fastthread (1.0.1)
fattr (1.0.3)
flexmock (0.8.3)
flog (1.1.0)
fxri (0.3.7)
fxruby (1.6.16)
GData (0.0.4)
gem_plugin (0.2.3)
gen (0.41.0)
git (1.0.5)
glue (0.41.0)
grit (0.7.0)
halcyon (0.5.4)
haml (2.0.3)
heckle (1.4.1)
highline (1.4.0)
hobo (0.8.2)
hobofields (0.8.2)
hobosupport (0.8.2)
hoe (1.7.0, 1.6.0)
hpricot (0.6)
httparty (0.1.3)
ick (0.3.0)
jdbc-derby (10.3.2.1)
jrexml (0.5.3)
jrsplenda (0.1.0)
jruby-openssl (0.3)
json (1.1.1)
json_pure (1.1.3)
lilu (0.1.3)
linecache (0.43)
live_console (0.1.0)
log4r (1.0.5)
log_buddy (0.0.5)
madeleine (0.7.3)
mailfactory (1.4.0)
mailtrap (0.2.1)
main (2.8.2)
markaby (0.5)
maruku (0.5.9)
mechanize (0.8.3)
merb (0.9.7)
merb-action-args (0.9.7)
merb-assets (0.9.7)
merb-builder (0.9.7)
merb-cache (0.9.7)
merb-core (0.9.7)
merb-freezer (0.9.5)
merb-gen (0.9.7)
merb-haml (0.9.7)
merb-jquery (0.9.7)
merb-mailer (0.9.7)
merb-more (0.9.7)
merb-parts (0.9.7)
merb-slices (0.9.7)
metaid (1.0)
mime-types (1.15)
mislav-will_paginate (2.3.4)
mixology (0.1.0)
mocha (0.9.1)
mofo (0.2.16)
mongrel (1.1.5)
mongrel_config (0.3.1)
mongrel_service (0.3.4)
mongrel_status (0.2.3)
monkeybars (0.6.2)
mysql (2.7.3)
nearline (0.0.6)
needle (1.3.0)
net-scp (1.0.1)
net-sftp (2.0.1, 1.1.1)
net-ssh (2.0.4, 2.0.3, 1.1.2)
net-ssh-gateway (1.0.0)
newgem (0.27.0)
newjs (1.4.1)
nitro (0.41.0)
og (0.41.0)
oniguruma (1.1.0)
open4 (0.9.6)
paginator (1.1.1)
parseexcel (0.5.2)
ParseTree (2.2.0)
pdf-writer (1.1.8)
picnic (0.6.5)
piston (1.4.0)
Platform (0.4.0)
plist (3.0.0)
polyglot (0.2.3)
prawn (0.2.0)
production_log_analyzer (1.5.0)
ptools (1.1.6)
quietbacktrace (0.1.1)
rack (0.4.0)
radiant (0.6.9)
radius (0.5.1)
railroad (0.5.0)
rails (2.1.0)
rails_analyzer_tools (1.4.0)
rak (0.9)
rake (0.8.3, 0.8.1)
rapt (0.2.2)
raven (1.2.4)
rbehave (0.3.0)
rcov (0.8.1.2.0)
RedCloth (4.0.3)
redgreen (1.2.2)
rewrite (0.3.0)
rfacebook (0.9.8)
rjb (1.1.6, 1.1.2)
roo (1.2.0)
rspec (1.1.4)
rubigen (1.3.2)
ruby-breakpoint (0.5.1, 0.5.0)
ruby-debug (0.10.2)
ruby-debug-base (0.10.2)
ruby-debug-ide (0.3.0)
ruby-openid (2.1.2)
ruby-prof (0.6.0)
ruby-snarl (0.0.8)
ruby-units (1.1.3)
ruby2ruby (1.1.9)
rubycas-client (2.0.1)
rubycas-server (0.6.0)
rubyforge (1.0.0)
rubygems-update (1.3.0)
RubyInline (3.7.0)
rubyjs (0.8.0)
rubyscript2exe (0.5.3)
rubyzip (0.9.1)
runt (0.7.0)
ruport (1.6.1)
ruport-util (0.14.0)
rush (0.4.1)
Saikuro (1.1.0)
sequel (2.5.0)
sequel_core (2.2.0)
session (2.4.0)
sinatra (0.3.1)
slideshow (0.6.1)
snitch (0.1.4)
Soks (1.0.3)
sources (0.0.1)
sparklines (0.5.2)
sparklines_generator (0.2.2)
sql_dep_graph (1.0.0)
sqlite-ruby (2.2.3)
sqlite3-ruby (1.2.2)
statemachine (0.4.1)
syntax (1.0.0)
SyslogLogger (1.4.0)
tattle (1.0.3)
templater (0.2.1)
term-ansicolor (1.0.3)
test-spec (0.9.0)
test-unit (2.0.0)
textpow (0.10.1)
thor (0.9.6)
tidy (1.1.2)
tinder (1.1.7)
tmail (1.2.3.1)
transaction-simple (1.4.0)
treetop (1.2.4)
trollop (1.9)
twitter (0.3.7)
twitter4r (0.3.0)
ultraviolet (0.10.2)
unit_record (0.4.1)
utility_belt (1.1.0)
validatable (1.6.7)
vim-ruby (2007.05.07)
vlad (1.2.0)
warbler (0.9.11)
watir (1.5.6)
widget_wrapper (0.0.1)
will_paginate (2.2.2)
win32-api (1.2.0)
win32-clipboard (0.4.4)
win32-dir (0.3.2)
win32-eventlog (0.5.0)
win32-file (0.5.5)
win32-file-stat (1.3.1)
win32-process (0.5.9)
win32-sapi (0.1.4)
win32-service (0.6.1, 0.5.2)
win32-sound (0.4.1)
win32console (1.1.0)
windows-api (0.2.4)
windows-pr (0.9.4)
wirble (0.1.2)
wxruby (1.9.8)
xml-simple (1.0.11)
ZenTest (3.10.0)

I asked how many gems other people have installed and received replies from Tom Lieber (60), Scott Barron (95) and Ryan Briones (154). Their numbers are more reasonable than mine. By way of contrast, Joe O'Brien points out that Matz has only 6 installed!

How many do you have? Leave a comment and let me know.

Updates:
Adam McCrea weighs in with 106, and Jim Weirich counts 85. Michael Letterle volunteers 24.