Ruby does. Jeweler, Hoe, and other things are scaffolding for Gems. They get you going, but I found that as I relied on them too much I didn't really understand

Ruby does. Jeweler, Hoe, and other things are scaffolding for Gems. They get you going, but I found that as I relied on them too much I didn't really understand how it works. You can write a gemspec by hand which is what I have done now for my new gems that I'm working on. When I get time I will change the old ones to use a hand-rolled gemspec and a simple rake file for publishing. Gemcutter has made it trivial to take a hand-rolled gemspec and publish your gem. No libraries or gem scaffolding necessary.