# Geokit

Official Geokit Gem. Geokit gem provides geocoding and distance/heading calculations. Pair with the geokit-rails plugin for full-fledged location-based app functionality.

Repository: https://github.com/geokit/geokit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/geokit
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-29T00:47:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6484, "days_push": 766, "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 1628, forks 359 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:13.294181+00:00)

## What it is
Geokit is a Ruby gem providing geocoding via multiple providers (Google, Bing, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, etc.) plus distance, heading, midpoint, and bounds calculations between points on Earth. It pairs with the geokit-rails plugin to add location-based finders to Rails applications.

## Use cases
- geocode addresses to lat/lng in ruby
- calculate distance between two coordinates
- reverse geocode coordinates to addresses
- geocode users by ip address
- check if a point falls within bounds
- add location-based search to a rails app

## When to choose
- you need multi-provider geocoding with failover in a ruby project
- you want simple distance/heading math without heavy GIS dependencies
- you're building a rails app with location-based finders

## When to avoid
- you need advanced spatial queries or geometry types (use PostGIS or RGeo)
- you're not using ruby
- you need a maintained geocoder with frequent provider updates (consider the geocoder gem)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: geospatial, http-client, sdk
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: ruby, cross-platform
- tags: geocoding, distance-calculation, reverse-geocoding, ip-geocoding, rails, location-based-services, maps, geospatial

## Member repositories
- geokit/geokit (main) score 32
- geokit/geokit-rails (plugin) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:13.294181+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 2026-08-30T03:48:18.437787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/geokit/geokit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:13.294181+00:00, sha 7cae99d38de8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.