# github/gemoji

Emoji images and names.

Repository: https://github.com/github/gemoji
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gemoji
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: emoji, ruby, unicode, rubygem
Last push: 2025-11-24T05:09:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 47/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 53, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5376, "days_push": 282, "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 4535, forks 802 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.048034+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby library providing character information about native emojis, including emoji names, aliases, Unicode mappings, and image assets. It lets you look up emojis by alias or Unicode character and define custom emoji.

## Use cases
- convert emoji shortcodes like :cat: to unicode characters in Ruby
- emojify user content in a Rails app by replacing :name: with images
- find an emoji's name from its unicode character
- add custom emoji with aliases and tags to a Ruby project
- get emoji image filenames for asset pipelines

## When to choose
- you're building a Ruby or Rails app that needs emoji name/unicode/image lookups
- you want to render :emoji: shortcodes in user-generated content
- you need to bundle emoji images as assets

## When to avoid
- you need emoji support in a non-Ruby language
- you only need emoji rendering in the browser (use native fonts or a JS library)
- you need emoji detection/parsing of arbitrary text beyond shortcode substitution

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: serialization, parser
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: ruby, cross-platform
- tags: emoji, unicode, rubygem, emoji-images, text-processing, localization

## Member repositories
- github/gemoji (main) score 47

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.048034+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 2026-08-29T18:20:11.536701+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/github/gemoji (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.048034+00:00, sha fa3319ef087f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.