Chilkat Library for Ruby

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Windows Downloads

If using Ruby 4.0 install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v11.6.0 04-Sep-2026sha256: fff8e1c4ec60bf4a342584b4cf57962510bf3560803ebbb6af51135d019f18c9
64-bit Windows Ruby 4.0.*

v11.6.0 04-Sep-2026sha256: cdc91e0f24382f6006f2ddbcb27ab52a08b10ec971d20c7c6b9fceecf36cafd9
64-bit Windows Ruby 3.4.*

v11.6.0 04-Sep-2026sha256: 7aa79d64827893e2fc29953860ee6d7d244f03dcc7c313509e690ac5a4c7a7bb
64-bit Windows Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 04-Sep-2026sha256: 699829190c6228893a5633872c5cd844e2a9e2aa5215bde3572c22b0c0eb3dfd
64-bit Windows Ruby 3.2.*

Manual Install Instructions

These instructions apply only if the Chilkat library is downloaded and installed manually (not from RubyGems.org).

  1. Download and extract to any directory. For example:
    tar xvfz chilkat-linux-x86_64-ruby-3.2.gem.tar.gz
  2. Install using RubyGems. For example:
    gem install chilkat-x86_64-linux.gem
  3. Use require 'chilkat' in Ruby scripts:
        require 'rubygems'
        require 'chilkat'
        
        # It should now be possible to instantiate and use Chilkat objects:
        mailman = Chilkat::CkMailMan.new()
        print mailman.version() + "\n"
    

MacOS Downloads

If using Ruby 4.0, install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 39aab961c0582d61cb3517638a681dc9f6507c35acd566371fbce4ea96701c99
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 4.0.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: c89342614c42184f8e212f5139003273467e11042664b22314dcd5b75c5c704f
MacOS arm64 Ruby 4.0.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 5c8fdbef4dc0757dc55841a2b14a83546e665a48a24c1671f6f4ceb861169bd8
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 3.4.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: f858be0f5596ee19db05e26ae03da0083fa774820ae013acde99f55c79474b66
MacOS arm64 Ruby 3.4.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 76efb7d9c6edd9f8e43e7bc57fe9a2666238dc67b33a306a84b8bc02e19c5871
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: c25f28b955e45da1e010f0ef0721f525dfbd96c1f4b707f6c2d5001e758445d2
MacOS arm64 Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: fffba72ae791958504b69a0a85144fc25e0077eed3f2dd1447167fcb1dcc8315
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 3.2.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 647dfcc63efe12c78b1bbaec3a2297e4bf115cf31c1b1ae248cc91ae0fa11318
MacOS arm64 Ruby 3.2.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: f0979a4cdb3cb492a26af05bbd3f77a03d7351cb70427b2db8efc4ac8a495b28
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 3.0.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 6379693c5ba8bb003d4744308f74580b4ff7e14f31350fde53b02354e1db6ded
MacOS arm64 Ruby 3.0.*

Linux Downloads

If using Ruby 4.0, install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 6a9b9c443bab5530d3b0af84488383f249d1f254bdad6db2f8e77914052c9895
64-bit Linux Ruby 4.0.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: d6d48576ebeee1f75e0eb2b4b6bdd375ec6d7fc27a326bd30c797730279cb4db
arm64 Linux Ruby 4.0.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 7e5474444dccf27e1acdec7c5e760ac9317f4ce3f81b7f1d79da75b7c6d3629a
armv7l Linux Ruby 4.0.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 5b900d7e1eda3c1eaa40b40a2719dbe00304717f259d8bb31d1cdc5205025d3b
64-bit Linux Ruby 3.4.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: d1faff49d155ab8e830988548482cb779c4a42b5721596d15a56c700356a725f
arm64 Linux Ruby 3.4.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 0de69683cb0e3f6d8e71be97cddfef570d36b014e8ab1e478684bcf6b5ce775e
armv7l Linux Ruby 3.4.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 3232d321f5d9ea1408fb159ec45c4e5283000041fca5c6fadb8e3d17a70d9922
64-bit Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 47ae5f9288094cc003f10938c0467550ff94895b04d74ae76c36a79f6f6de920
32-bit Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 804e07120e6e627bef368bcc8f87864946edb2514acf4d59d12f512914ba8778
arm64 Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 07fce54146f024fe9524bdb72e5d1b57ac152162b37858aa5e642c048d11adfa
armv7l Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 11153cc6133bd42c742b05ddef8d22dcc173fd915296b689bff902d818da0e36
64-bit Linux Ruby 3.2.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 3c0c2a53df16b3a0bd221e39dc0de7544c7608ac8e0617f10b51be0c8adc26e4
64-bit Linux Ruby 3.0.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 4cb49802ccf6d3381bc30fb1efb3036925b35338253a4c4e11baa551bed5a6d8
32-bit Linux Ruby 3.0.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 03cdc6352be85871653f25f11cbb9f0e7aa307b619a72f1b3b77be3bfd97edec
armv7l Linux Ruby 3.0.*

Alpine Linux Downloads

If using Ruby 3.3, install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 0d88e9f280b64e2b7b1cffd751c91fd737e64c662f9ea49696919d64f93ac737
64-bit Alpine Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 0baba6993c93e8a0591dc8ae19fefeecaa515af0bfed277268f606b9af155dc6
32-bit Alpine Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: e49616311b19c8c9509ca35d8dea4d0e2fb5ce5e5280dedf89f043f04b072fd4
arm64 Alpine Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.6.0 03-Sep-2026sha256: 0fafd7c428ea520df9572ba64ce584fee614789d158caa6e5ff111142e9cc4c1
armv7l Alpine Linux Ruby 3.3.*

Ruby Examples

Chilkat Ruby example programs.

Reference Documentation

Chilkat Ruby API Reference Documentation

Release Notes

The latest release notes are located here on the Chilkat blog.