# Using "custom" ruby gems

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-custom-ruby-gems/225274>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 26, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-custom-ruby-gems/225274 "2022-04-26T01:22:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![FerrariFlunker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ferrariflunker/32/258011_2.png) [@FerrariFlunker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FerrariFlunker)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-custom-ruby-gems/225274/3 "2022-04-26T16:16:39Z")

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> [@merefield](#):
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> Have you seen?: [Discord Bot Construction Kit 🤖](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discord-bot-construction-kit/122530)

I have! I’m pretty sure [our plugin](https://github.com/aloha-pk/discourse-discord-sync) is a fork of a fork of that. We require some specific logic in our case, so it makes sense to develop our own version.

> [@merefield](#):
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> You can reference a GitHub repo if you really have to: [rubygems - Install Gem from Github Branch? - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2823492/install-gem-from-github-branch)

What would this look like in the discourse setting? I feel like I’ve tried every method of declaring the dependency via github in plugin.rb already (check our commit history 😄)

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/4X/3/5/3/3535d1088b3c35496ef6225a9274ca6304e9d48d_2_690x26.png)

Our build fails with every gem syntax I’ve tried that tries to point to the github source. I’m pretty sure it has to do with how [discourse/lib/plugin\_gem.rb at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/lib/plugin_gem.rb) tries to find the .gemspec file for plugin gems. Would you be able to give me the steps for a workaround?

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