Rails: Which is the preferred Mailchimp gem?

Question

Which is the preferred gem or plugin for using the Mailchimp API with Rails?

There's a list here, but I have yet to try any: mailchimp ruby

Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

With recent research, we found the gibbon gem to be a full featured and easy to use API wrapper for MailChimp. Hominid seems a bit more complex to use, and lacking in community discussion. The Gibbon gem is located at https://github.com/amro/gibbon

I found some great blog posts that describe how to get started with the Gibbon gem:

Mailchimp Integration with Ruby on Rails

How to subscribe a member into MailChimp using Ruby On Rails

Email marketing for your rails app made easy with Mailchimp

Answer 2

These days Hominid is recommending the offical Mailchimp gem instead: https://bitbucket.org/mailchimp/mailchimp-api-ruby/