# maccman/monocle

Link and news sharing

Repository: https://github.com/maccman/monocle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/maccman-monocle
Homepage: http://monocle.io
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2014-07-16T16:18:16+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": 4720, "days_push": 4431, "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 1438, forks 115 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.840784+00:00)

## What it is
Monocle is a Ruby-based link and news aggregation website, similar to Hacker News, supporting posting, commenting, and user invites. It authenticates via GitHub or Twitter OAuth and runs on Rails-style Ruby with Postgres and Redis.

## Use cases
- self-host a hacker news style link aggregator
- run a community news sharing site
- let users post and comment on links
- build a private link sharing community with invites

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted Reddit/Hacker News style site in Ruby
- you need OAuth login via GitHub or Twitter out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software (last release 2014)
- you are not comfortable with Ruby 2.0-era dependencies
- you need a modern stack or mobile support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, http-server, auth
- domain: web-development, social-media, self-hosted
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: link-aggregation, news-sharing, hacker-news-clone, postgres, redis, oauth, web-server

## Member repositories
- maccman/monocle (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.840784+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 2026-08-30T04:36:40.573679+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maccman/monocle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.840784+00:00, sha fa9ca01552b8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.