# rtbkit/rtbkit

RTBkit is an open-source software package that allows you to create and deploy a Real Time Bidder for display advertising.

Repository: https://github.com/rtbkit/rtbkit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rtbkit
Homepage: http://rtbkit.org
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-01-15T17:00:16+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": 4944, "days_push": 3152, "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 1098, forks 403 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:34.928113+00:00)

## What it is
RTBkit is an open-source C++ framework for building and deploying Real Time Bidders for display advertising. It provides the core infrastructure to participate in real-time bidding (RTB) ad exchanges.

## Use cases
- build a real-time bidder for display advertising
- participate in OpenRTB ad exchanges
- run a programmatic advertising bidding server
- customize an RTB stack for ad buying
- handle high-throughput bid requests in C++

## When to avoid
- you want a managed bidder-as-a-service solution
- you need actively maintained software with recent releases
- your stack is not C++-friendly

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, http-server, rpc, streaming
- domain: backend, microservices
- platform: cpp
- tags: real-time-bidding, rtb, display-advertising, adtech, bidder, openrtb, real-time, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- rtbkit/rtbkit (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.928113+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 2026-08-30T06:46:20.263207+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rtbkit/rtbkit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.928113+00:00, sha ffcc87096ad1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.