# slack-notifier/slack-notifier

A simple wrapper for posting to slack channels

Repository: https://github.com/slack-notifier/slack-notifier
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slack-notifier
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby, slack
Last push: 2023-04-24T07:03:26+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": 4745, "days_push": 1227, "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 1487, forks 155 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.997363+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby gem that provides a simple wrapper for posting messages to Slack channels via incoming webhooks. It supports default payloads, per-message overrides, and automatic link formatting to Slack's syntax.

## Use cases
- send notifications to slack from ruby
- post build alerts to a slack channel
- notify team of deploy status via slack webhook
- send formatted messages with links to slack
- alert a channel from a ruby script

## When to choose
- you need a minimal, dependency-light way to post to Slack webhooks from Ruby
- you want simple defaults with per-message overrides
- you need automatic HTML/Markdown link conversion to Slack format

## When to avoid
- you need the full Slack Web API beyond incoming webhooks (chat.postMessage, files, etc.)
- you are not working in Ruby
- you need actively developed features or recent Slack API changes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, webhook, developer-tools
- domain: messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: ruby
- tags: slack, notifications, webhooks, messaging, automation

## Member repositories
- slack-notifier/slack-notifier (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.997363+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 2026-08-30T04:33:48.928511+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/slack-notifier/slack-notifier (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.997363+00:00, sha 9f64869fd7ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.