# octobox/octobox

📮 Untangle your GitHub Notifications

Repository: https://github.com/octobox/octobox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/octobox
Homepage: https://octobox.io
Language: Ruby
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ruby, notifications, inbox, github, github-notifications, octobox, rails, triage
Last push: 2026-08-25T08:36:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3547, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 33, "gap_med": 30.0, "n_releases_24m": 23}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4480, forks 349 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:51.121184+00:00)

## What it is
Octobox is a web application that helps developers manage and triage GitHub notifications with an inbox-style interface, adding an archived/done state, starring, filtering, and search. It is built with Ruby on Rails, can be self-hosted via Docker, and is also offered as a hosted service (octobox.io).

## Use cases
- manage github notifications in an inbox
- triage github issue and pull request notifications
- keep track of notifications i haven't handled on github
- filter and search github notifications by repo, label, or CI status
- replace gmail filters for github notification management
- self-host a github notification manager
- keyboard-driven notification triage for open source maintainers

## When to choose
- you maintain multiple active GitHub projects and lose track of notifications
- you want archived/done states, starring, and powerful filters beyond GitHub's native notifications
- you prefer a dedicated inbox over email-based notification management
- you want a self-hostable option (Docker) or a hosted service

## When to avoid
- you only need GitHub's native notification features
- you don't use GitHub (Octobox is GitHub-specific)
- you need a mobile or desktop app rather than a web interface
- you want enhanced private-repo notifications without paying for the hosted service or running your own instance

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, search-engine, api-framework
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: github-notifications, notification-triage, inbox, email-alternative, rails, keyboard-shortcuts, self-hostable, automation, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- octobox/octobox (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:51.121184+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 2026-08-29T18:20:33.470240+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/octobox/octobox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:51.121184+00:00, sha 50abfffd6358)
  - homepage: https://octobox.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:54.556008+00:00, sha 1457b2814b1d)
  - site_page: https://octobox.io/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:54.565050+00:00, sha d1dd3069e81c)
  - site_page: https://octobox.io/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:54.567071+00:00, sha b2101e8997f0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.