--- title: What is Rubinius --- What is Rubinius ================ Rubinius is an implementation of the [Ruby programming language](http://ruby-lang.org). Rubinius includes a bytecode virtual machine, Ruby syntax parser, bytecode compiler, generational garbage collector, just-in-time (JIT) native machine code compiler, and Ruby Core and Standard libraries. Rubinius currently implements Ruby version 1.8.7. License ======= Rubinius uses the BSD license. See the LICENSE file in the source. Installing ========== Rubinius runs on Mac OS X and many Unix/Linux operating systems. Support for Microsoft Windows is coming soon. To install Rubinius, use the following steps. For more detailed information, see [getting started](/getting_started/). 1. `git clone git://github.com/evanphx/rubinius.git` 1. `cd rubinius` 1. `./configure --prefix=/path/to/install/dir` 1. `rake install` 1. `Add /path/to/install/dir/bin to your PATH`