Ruby On Rails : Difference between Gem & Plugin?

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What is the difference between Gem & Plugin?

Please refere question showing [Defference Between Gem and Pluggin](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5521224/difference-between-plugins-and-ruby-gems). Please search questions and then ask — Arpit Vaishnav, Jan 09 '13 at 09:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 08:59

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According to this guide there are two types of (Rails) plugins:

specific to your application: vendored plugin
useful across applications: gemified plugin (or gem)

So, a gem is a plugin that is installed onto a system and is available in all (Ruby) applications. For example Ruby on Rails is a set of gems. And a (regular or vendored) plugin is directly installed into an application and only available locally.

answered Jan 09 '13 at 08:59

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Thanks bro.. Simple and Clear – Peter Prabu Jan 09 '13 at 09:21

Ruby On Rails : Difference between Gem & Plugin?

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