# bborn/communityengine

Adds basic social networking capabilities to your existing application, including users, blogs, photos, clippings, favorites, and more.

Repository: https://github.com/bborn/communityengine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/communityengine
Homepage: http://www.communityengine.org
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-04-05T01:27:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6735, "days_push": 1977, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1132, forks 311 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:42.661805+00:00)

## What it is
CommunityEngine is a Ruby on Rails engine (gem) that adds social networking features to an existing Rails application, including user accounts, blogs, photos, clippings, and favorites. It mounts as a Rails engine and supports optional OmniAuth-based social login.

## Use cases
- add social networking features to an existing rails app
- build a community site with user blogs and photos
- add user accounts and profiles to my application
- self-host a social network with photo sharing
- add social login with twitter and facebook to my rails app

## When to choose
- you have a Rails 4.1.x application and want to bolt on community features quickly
- you want a self-hosted, customizable social networking engine in Ruby

## When to avoid
- you are on modern Rails versions (5+), which are not supported by the main branch
- you need a standalone social network product rather than an engine embedded in an existing app
- you need actively maintained software with recent security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: auth, web-framework, ui-components, file-upload
- domain: web-development, social-media, cms, self-hosted
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: rails-engine, social-networking, community-platform, blogs, photo-sharing, omniauth, web-server

## Member repositories
- bborn/communityengine (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.661805+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 2026-08-30T06:37:56.384304+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bborn/communityengine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.661805+00:00, sha 7a014366f5b6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.