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huginn/huginn

Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by! observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/huginn/huginn · Ruby · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4924
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

49857 stars · 4302 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Huginn is a self-hosted system for building agents that perform automated tasks online, such as monitoring websites, watching Twitter, and sending notifications. Agents create and consume events along a directed graph, acting like a hackable, self-hosted IFTTT or Zapier.

Use cases

  • scrape websites and get an email when they change
  • track weather and get notified when it will rain
  • monitor Twitter for keyword spikes
  • watch for shopping or travel deals
  • send digest emails at scheduled times
  • send and receive webhooks
  • build automated notification pipelines

When to choose

  • you want a self-hosted IFTTT/Zapier alternative with full data control
  • you need to automate web monitoring and notifications
  • you want to chain event-driven agents in a graph
  • you prefer Ruby and can extend agents yourself

When to avoid

  • you need a fully managed no-code automation service
  • you don't want to run and maintain your own server
  • you need heavy-duty enterprise workflow orchestration

Facets

application · maturity active

workflow-automation web-scraping scheduling webhook email monitoring agent-framework self-hosted web-development developer-tools social-media self-hosted ifttt-alternative zapier-alternative agents rss notifications ruby-on-rails event-graph automation web-server docker linux macos

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Member repositories

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