diff --git a/ruby/.gitignore b/ruby/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8529416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pkg
+vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15
+Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/ruby/.rspec b/ruby/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c99d2e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--require spec_helper
diff --git a/ruby/.rubocop.yml b/ruby/.rubocop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f6843d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/.rubocop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+AllCops:
+  TargetRubyVersion: 2.6
+  NewCops: enable
+
+require:
+  - rubocop-rspec
+  - rubocop-performance
+  - rubocop-rake
+  - rubocop-packaging
+
+Style/StringLiterals:
+  Enabled: true
+  EnforcedStyle: double_quotes
+
+Style/StringLiteralsInInterpolation:
+  Enabled: true
+  EnforcedStyle: double_quotes
+
+Layout/LineLength:
+  Max: 80
+
+Style/Documentation:
+  Enabled: false
diff --git a/ruby/Gemfile b/ruby/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..803724df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+gemspec
+
+gem "rake", "~> 13.0"
+gem "rspec", "~> 3.12"
+gem "rubocop", "~> 1.48"
+gem "rubocop-packaging", "~> 0.5.2"
+gem "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.16"
+gem "rubocop-rake", "~> 0.6.0"
+gem "rubocop-rspec", "~> 2.19"
diff --git a/ruby/README.md b/ruby/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87309114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Vosk
+
+Ruby bindings to [vosk-api](https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api) using [fiddle](https://github.com/ruby/fiddle).
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'vosk'
+```
+
+Or, to install the gem using `git`:
+
+```ruby
+gem "vosk",
+  git: "https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api",
+  glob: "ruby/vosk.gemspec"
+```
+
+And then execute:
+
+```
+bundle install
+```
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+```
+gem install vosk
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api
+cd vosk-api/ruby
+bundle
+bundle exec ruby examples/transcribe.rb
+```
+
+See [examples/transcribe.rb](examples/transcribe.rb) for more info.
+
+## Development
+
+After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
+
+To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
+
+## Contributing
+
+Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api.
+
+## License
+
+The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [Apache-2.0](https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0/) license.
diff --git a/ruby/Rakefile b/ruby/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0803e9d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require "rspec/core/rake_task"
+require "rake/clean"
+require "rubocop/rake_task"
+
+CLEAN.include "pkg", "vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15"
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
+
+RuboCop::RakeTask.new(:lint)
+
+task default: %i[build lint spec]
diff --git a/ruby/bin/console b/ruby/bin/console
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..84fbf0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/bin/console
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "vosk"
+
+# You can add fixtures and/or initialization code here to make experimenting
+# with your gem easier. You can also use a different console, if you like.
+
+# (If you use this, don't forget to add pry to your Gemfile!)
+# require "pry"
+# Pry.start
+
+require "irb"
+IRB.start(__FILE__)
diff --git a/ruby/bin/setup b/ruby/bin/setup
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dce67d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/bin/setup
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+set -vx
+
+bundle install
+
+# Do any other automated setup that you need to do here
diff --git a/ruby/examples/transcribe.rb b/ruby/examples/transcribe.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8852dc87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/examples/transcribe.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "vosk"
+require "json"
+require "net/http"
+
+MODEL = "vosk-model-small-en-us-0.15"
+
+unless File.directory?(MODEL)
+  puts "Downloading #{MODEL}..."
+  model_zip = Net::HTTP.get(URI("https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models/#{MODEL}.zip"))
+  File.binwrite("model.zip", model_zip)
+  system "unzip model.zip", exception: true
+  File.delete("model.zip")
+  puts "Done"
+end
+
+# Vosk::FFI.vosk_set_log_level(-1)
+
+model      = Vosk::FFI.vosk_model_new(MODEL)
+recognizer = Vosk::FFI.vosk_recognizer_new(model, 16_000.0)
+
+file = File.open("../python/example/test.wav", "r")
+file.seek 44, IO::SEEK_SET
+
+audio = file.read
+
+Vosk::FFI.vosk_recognizer_accept_waveform(recognizer, audio, audio.size)
+
+result = Vosk::FFI.vosk_recognizer_final_result(recognizer).to_s
+
+puts JSON.parse(result)
diff --git a/ruby/lib/vosk.rb b/ruby/lib/vosk.rb
index 680e039a..f14711c8 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/vosk.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/vosk.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-class Vosk
-  def self.hi
-    puts "Hello world!"
-  end
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Vosk
 end
+
+require_relative "vosk/version"
+require_relative "vosk/ffi"
diff --git a/ruby/lib/vosk/ffi.rb b/ruby/lib/vosk/ffi.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f746d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/lib/vosk/ffi.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "fiddle"
+require "fiddle/import"
+require "rbconfig"
+
+module Vosk
+  module FFI
+    extend Fiddle::Importer
+
+    begin
+      lib = "libvosk.#{RbConfig::CONFIG["SOEXT"]}"
+      dlload(lib)
+    rescue Fiddle::DLError => e
+      abort <<~MSG
+        Could not find `#{lib}`.
+
+        Install Vosk-api, then try again.
+
+        Error: #{e&.cause&.message || e&.message || e.inspect}
+      MSG
+    end
+
+    # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
+
+    extern "VoskModel *vosk_model_new(const char *model_path);"
+    extern "VoskRecognizer *vosk_recognizer_new(VoskModel *model, float sample_rate);"
+    extern "int vosk_recognizer_accept_waveform(VoskRecognizer *recognizer, const char *data, int length);"
+    extern "const char *vosk_recognizer_result(VoskRecognizer *recognizer);"
+    extern "const char *vosk_recognizer_final_result(VoskRecognizer *recognizer);"
+    extern "void vosk_recognizer_reset(VoskRecognizer *recognizer);"
+    extern "void vosk_recognizer_free(VoskRecognizer *recognizer);"
+    extern "void vosk_model_free(VoskModel *model);"
+    extern "void vosk_set_log_level(int log_level);"
+
+    # rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/vosk/version.rb b/ruby/lib/vosk/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..546ca797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/lib/vosk/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Vosk
+  VERSION = "0.3.45"
+end
diff --git a/ruby/spec/spec_helper.rb b/ruby/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0f86904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.expect_with :rspec do |expectations|
+    expectations.include_chain_clauses_in_custom_matcher_descriptions = true
+  end
+  config.disable_monkey_patching!
+  config.warnings = true
+  config.order = :random
+  Kernel.srand config.seed
+end
diff --git a/ruby/spec/vosk/ffi_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/vosk/ffi_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..659b1bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/spec/vosk/ffi_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "vosk/ffi"
+
+RSpec.describe Vosk::FFI do
+  %w[
+    vosk_model_new
+    vosk_recognizer_new
+    vosk_recognizer_accept_waveform
+    vosk_recognizer_result
+    vosk_recognizer_final_result
+    vosk_recognizer_reset
+    vosk_recognizer_free
+    vosk_model_free
+    vosk_set_log_level
+  ].each do |method|
+    it ".#{method}" do
+      expect(described_class).to respond_to(method)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ruby/spec/vosk_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/vosk_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b26d11c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/spec/vosk_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "vosk"
+
+RSpec.describe Vosk do
+  it "has a version number" do
+    expect(Vosk::VERSION).to eq("0.3.45")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ruby/vosk.gemspec b/ruby/vosk.gemspec
index 9e41882b..e0ef80ef 100644
--- a/ruby/vosk.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/vosk.gemspec
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative "lib/vosk/version"
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "vosk"
-  s.version     = "0.3.45"
+  s.version     = Vosk::VERSION
   s.summary     = "Offline speech recognition API"
-  s.description = "Vosk is an offline open source speech recognition toolkit. It enables speech recognition for 20+ languages and dialects - English, Indian English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Italian, Dutch, Catalan, Arabic, Greek, Farsi, Filipino, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Swedish, Japanese, Esperanto, Hindi, Czech, Polish. More to come."
+  s.description = "Vosk is an offline open source speech recognition toolkit. It enables speech recognition for 20+ languages and dialects - English, Indian English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Italian, Dutch, Catalan, Arabic, Greek, Farsi, Filipino, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Swedish, Japanese, Esperanto, Hindi, Czech, Polish. More to come." # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
   s.authors     = ["Alpha Cephei Inc"]
   s.email       = "contact@alphacphei.com"
-  s.files       = ["lib/vosk.rb"]
-  s.homepage    =
-    "https://rubygems.org/gems/vosk"
-  s.license       = "Apache 2.0"
+  s.files       = Dir.glob("lib/**/*.rb")
+  s.homepage    = "https://rubygems.org/gems/vosk"
+  s.license = "Apache 2.0"
+  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.6.0"
+  s.metadata["homepage_uri"]          = "https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api"
+  s.metadata["source_code_uri"]       = "https://github.com/alphacep/vosk-api"
+  s.metadata["rubygems_mfa_required"] = "true"
 end