Chilkat Library for Ruby

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Windows Downloads

If using Ruby 3.4 install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: f17def5821f26b4cd344520d4a64836a18f9eb092b6a84cb1b747d33aa7cf18a
64-bit Windows Ruby 4.0.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: c2a91a587edc73b5b8c3243c1ee46fdb81d66774cf0dd26b3b1c137b1f7b519d
64-bit Windows Ruby 3.4.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 4db00fe673c2bf58a71567e7e946a50cfd049959d970b4c2292ad424268a08ea
64-bit Windows Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: d7ad90c8d7f1dcb276aa34ef3f5f6073a5ff8057b8459f8e7b4608cfe6cf9f6d
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 3.4, install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: 17efe831aa1169a190927a1aaaf516c06e950dc583b1a8c3cf56610c89c2abe9
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 4.0.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: 9b40f35c0c1da5e9d65336107fe8fb97a381afd9ac42dbed0d87ed52121793c2
MacOS arm64 Ruby 4.0.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: 4f795db327e7f54126629f48275b9855ea9c28339c0252d4f79e2eff2b96fb98
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 3.4.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: 1d6f516213c7c614ad8280575a3dab658e6d65d63111e134f9d32cb3d04fac55
MacOS arm64 Ruby 3.4.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: ff3d4b977086de05e61d4783512c5d0a42afbf0b84e3f7c38dc9c786826385b9
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: c5e8b56981faa3528417aaf3aa536b810e9b04df2fc2a215bf5bb07b955b0955
MacOS arm64 Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: f3686b2f254d06606f7ef1dc29ad0f7bee54ae77b106048d06df115646f7b640
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 3.2.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: aef0da572be2cf1096e7dfea6ccee6a2a2994ca72a240b19c82e200329caf643
MacOS arm64 Ruby 3.2.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: eb0d40311004f83d3f9403575b126d9c368149a6ebefccdc7296c871af53d5eb
MacOS x86_64 Ruby 3.0.*

v11.5.0 01-Jun-2026sha256: 8dde616a1f7d537f60b79356641a5f5d308c672045f3e389c07cf2e08a9420df
MacOS arm64 Ruby 3.0.*

Linux Downloads

If using Ruby 3.4, install directly from RubyGems.org:

gem install chilkat

Alternative Manual Install Instructions

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: ba2caeda472d767c574bf8f42b574301f69a5f340bc03dddead421ee2ceb1088
64-bit Linux Ruby 4.0.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 0bbd41e94c253c59056172a1d1e36dfc53c02b994aa7ea4d53df88429d07033e
arm64 Linux Ruby 4.0.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 3a2d14934284f41ed1de2dcee8cd47e285f1016ae85efa39ba7fbffa5bcc49e2
armv7l Linux Ruby 4.0.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: ab1aacfd52dc017b3710290e1fa5c3d23fd54f9e65025c732c2c03bebdbe3704
64-bit Linux Ruby 3.4.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 570ddbc3852b64b5eea456a434c763fa0c4f38c76a4f90c85e9884c6d8654513
arm64 Linux Ruby 3.4.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: fcf5a4babd7e3329f20633e2587855647a724b9d27e5f8b9af47d314a8079415
armv7l Linux Ruby 3.4.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 1b70c807af06cc82442208a62b28b0ad22f97a6e172057d8edb124730eb336a4
64-bit Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: fe0cc43235125d80eb7c9003330e959a1fb1dfaed5912f3c2cf97e6123539135
32-bit Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 8fff6dab0f8faae558271da4142de7912e5bbf4de4be4780f22b3ce12f8f8ffa
arm64 Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 29dd0193d45b37a882bd919529d10bf51c69eb795b231e44c82a92175aedb524
armv7l Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 7e00007cba1cd925bd334beed489e078879f5468d35d437e86ab14081ff01a2d
64-bit Linux Ruby 3.2.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: cd0a54e50e3df1ef03dab4d28a5249bdd34011178f4cf1142fba302c77c7a92b
64-bit Linux Ruby 3.0.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 5b4382f1cf22ce2dccdff3e5224db0f6e6bb0ee6498809e9200fb15fc840115d
32-bit Linux Ruby 3.0.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 139c9cc6683b572ae1b12620cb2607dfa32524a6505772e7de8f62e2bf129b0b
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

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 4270352c92b0763d49ff8e7fe4dc3a440985eb02539b26fa827389e7b5e3a9f8
64-bit Alpine Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 1d62198ce28e42b8cdaccb3be66df65213c65aceed94fafba731fac882e3672f
32-bit Alpine Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 4f417e15aa07159126861629dfe8411f0b66e5924054ce153c31adf89ed9d6ef
arm64 Alpine Linux Ruby 3.3.*

v11.5.0 02-Jun-2026sha256: 6bde89aa80d8e20f637edc3727129d4842ac250354f41c491ce18b3bc7802443
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.