> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.honeycomb.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Send Data to Honeycomb with Ruby

> Explore available methods for sending telemetry from your Ruby application to Honeycomb.

When you are working with Ruby, we recommend these methods of sending data to Honeycomb.

<Card title="OpenTelemetry Ruby SDK" href="/send-data/ruby/opentelemetry-sdk/">
  When you want to instrument Ruby applications in a standard, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof way, we recommend using the OpenTelemetry Ruby SDK to send telemetry data to Honeycomb.
  The OpenTelemetry Ruby SDK allows you to send traces to Honeycomb.
  Logs and metrics are in development.
</Card>

<Card title="Honeycomb Libhoney for Ruby" href="/send-data/ruby/libhoney/">
  When you need to create and send structured logs to Honeycomb, use Libhoney for Ruby, our structured logging library for Ruby applications.
</Card>