ruby-libgd: The Modern Ruby Image Library You've Been Sleeping On March 30, 2026 Reading time: 8 minutes Status: Benchmark-driven, production-ready Executive Summary After extensive benchmarking against RMagick, ChunkyPNG, and ruby-vips, ruby-libgd demonstrates overwhelming superiority in drawing operations (28x faster), pixel access (2.6x faster), sepia filtering (2.5x faster), and memory efficiency (3.7x less RAM). But speed … Continue reading ruby-libgd: The Modern Ruby Image Library You’ve Been Sleeping On →