# ansible-community/ara

ARA Records Ansible and makes it easier to understand and troubleshoot.

Repository: https://github.com/ansible-community/ara
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ara
Homepage: https://ara.recordsansible.org
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ansible, ara, python, api, reporting, django, django-rest-framework, interface
Last push: 2026-07-13T13:02:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3738, "days_push": 51, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2019, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:06.198809+00:00)

## What it is
ARA Records Ansible is a reporting tool that records ansible and ansible-playbook runs via an Ansible callback plugin, storing results in SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL. It provides a CLI, a Django REST API, and a self-hosted web interface for understanding and troubleshooting playbook runs.

## Use cases
- troubleshoot failed ansible playbook runs
- record ansible playbook results to a database
- aggregate ansible runs from CI/CD into one dashboard
- query ansible playbook history via a REST API
- self-hosted ansible reporting web UI
- track which hosts and tasks failed in ansible

## When to choose
- you run Ansible frequently and need historical visibility into playbook results
- you want to aggregate playbook runs from multiple tools like AWX, Molecule, or CI systems
- you prefer a local-first tool that works with just SQLite and no server

## When to avoid
- you don't use Ansible or another configuration management tool
- you need general-purpose infrastructure monitoring rather than Ansible-specific reporting
- you can't install Python packages into the same interpreter as Ansible

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, logging, analytics, api-framework, cli, web-framework
- domain: developer-tools, self-hosted, monitoring
- platform: python, self-hosted, cli
- tags: ansible, playbook-recording, reporting, django-rest-framework, callback-plugin, configuration-management, devops, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- ansible-community/ara (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:06.198809+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:00:26.312750+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ansible-community/ara (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:06.198809+00:00, sha 51940717be5a)
  - homepage: https://ara.recordsansible.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:40:20.515678+00:00, sha 24d0bcdbb543)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.