# litaio/lita

ChatOps for Ruby.

Repository: https://github.com/litaio/lita
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lita
Homepage: https://www.lita.io
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: lita, ruby, chatops, chatbot
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-06-14T05:31:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4883, "days_push": 1541, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1674, forks 176 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:20.400312+00:00)

## What it is
Lita is a Ruby-based chat bot framework for ChatOps, with persistent storage via Redis and a plugin system built on RubyGems and Bundler. It connects to various chat services and lets developers add behavior through Ruby gems.

## Use cases
- automate devops tasks from chat
- run deploy commands via chat messages
- build a custom chatbot for Slack or IRC
- query monitoring and alerts from a chat room
- extend team chat with custom Ruby plugins

## When to choose
- your team is Ruby-based and wants a ChatOps bot
- you want a plugin ecosystem distributed as gems
- you need persistent bot state backed by Redis

## When to avoid
- you need a bot framework with active recent development
- your stack is Node.js (consider Hubot) or Python
- you need modern chat platform integrations out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: chatbot, plugin-system, webhook
- domain: chatbots, developer-tools
- platform: ruby, cross-platform
- tags: chatops, redis, hubot-alternative, automation

## Member repositories
- litaio/lita (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.400312+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 2026-08-30T03:42:32.563221+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/litaio/lita (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:20.400312+00:00, sha 7dff8bbd4dfa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.