# RubyMine

7 Hacker News commenters recommended RubyMine and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a strong IDE with good autocomplete and easier conflict resolution than editing text markers. Most common caveat: heavy RAM use.

## Why people recommend it

- Powerful IDE for Ruby tooling (2 comments): "even with powerful IDEs like RubyMine that are able to cover some of the paint points" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349759)) "The tooling is also shit unless you use Ruby Mine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47822622))
- Strong autocomplete and LSP support (2 comments): "those who really care about LSP support usually will use RubyMine IDE instead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348308)) "The autocomplete of RubyMine is that good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49842675))

## What people warn about

- Slow fixes from JetBrains (2 comments): "failed to gain attention from JetBrains for months and years on their issue tracker" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46222573)) "that crap would take a month to be fixed by JetBrains" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47112785))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [JetBrains IDEs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-ides.md): 233 recommend
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intellij-idea.md): 206 recommend
- [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/visual-studio.md): 165 recommend
- [Delphi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delphi.md): 126 recommend
- [Xcode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcode.md): 100 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "RubyMine", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rubymine/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).