# alexreisner/geocoder

Complete Ruby geocoding solution.

Repository: https://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/geocoder
Homepage: http://www.rubygeocoder.com
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: geocoding, geocoding-api, geocoding-objects, geocoding-requests
Last push: 2026-08-09T15:42:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6349, "days_push": 24, "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 6446, forks 1201 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:43.461775+00:00)

## What it is
A complete Ruby geocoding library supporting forward and reverse geocoding of addresses, coordinates, and IP addresses via 40+ external APIs. It integrates with ActiveRecord and Mongoid, provides geospatial queries like radius search, caching, and a command line interface.

## Use cases
- convert street addresses to latitude and longitude in ruby
- reverse geocode coordinates to a street address
- look up the location of an ip address
- find records near a city or point with activerecord
- calculate distance and bearing between two places
- geocode model records automatically in rails
- batch geocode a list of addresses

## When to choose
- you are building a Ruby or Rails app that needs address or IP geocoding
- you want a single library that works with many geocoding providers
- you need geospatial queries like near, distance_to, and bearing_to on your models
- you want result caching and proxy support built in

## When to avoid
- your project is not in Ruby
- you need advanced GIS operations beyond basic geospatial queries
- you require guaranteed accuracy without evaluating the underlying geocoding APIs
- you need fully offline geocoding with no external API calls

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: geospatial, http-client, caching, cli
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: ruby, jvm, cli
- tags: geocoding, forward-geocoding, reverse-geocoding, ip-geolocation, activerecord, mongoid, rails, rack, multi-api, maps, web-server

## Member repositories
- alexreisner/geocoder (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.461775+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 2026-08-29T17:44:40.302967+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alexreisner/geocoder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:43.461775+00:00, sha 416e51e5c200)
  - homepage: http://www.rubygeocoder.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:41:23.049847+00:00, sha b72a25c0497f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.