# muesli/beehive

A flexible event/agent & automation system with lots of bees 🐝

Repository: https://github.com/muesli/beehive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beehive
Language: Go
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: automation, ifttt, workflow, event-driven, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2023-02-25T01:54:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4454, "days_push": 1286, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6488, forks 328 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:43.781114+00:00)

## What it is
Beehive is a self-hosted event and agent system written in Go that connects modular 'Hives' (integrations like Twitter, Email, IRC, RSS, Jenkins, Hue) to automate tasks. Users chain events and filters into agents via a web UI, similar to a self-hosted IFTTT.

## Use cases
- self-hosted ifttt alternative
- repost tweets to tumblr automatically
- forward chat messages to email
- trigger jenkins builds from irc
- control hue lights based on events
- get notified when a stock price drops
- automate smart home heating based on temperature

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted IFTTT/Zapier alternative
- you need to glue together services like Twitter, IRC, email, RSS, and smart home devices
- you want event-driven automation on a Raspberry Pi or home server
- you prefer Go-based tooling with a web admin UI

## When to avoid
- you need a managed cloud automation service
- you require a large, actively maintained integration ecosystem - development has slowed since 2023
- you need complex multi-step workflows with branching logic beyond simple event-action chains
- you cannot use AGPL-3.0 licensed software

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: workflow-automation, webhook, chatbot, scheduling, plugin-system
- domain: self-hosted, developer-tools, messaging-platforms, iot
- platform: windows, go, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: ifttt-alternative, event-driven, agents, hives, self-hosted-automation, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- muesli/beehive (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.781114+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 2026-08-29T17:44:32.054993+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/muesli/beehive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.781114+00:00, sha 92d586a48979)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.