# scrapinghub/slackbot

A chat bot for Slack (https://slack.com).

Repository: https://github.com/scrapinghub/slackbot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slackbot
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-03-14T14:41:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4213, "days_push": 1268, "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 1279, forks 389 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.603366+00:00)

## What it is
A Python library for building chat bots for Slack, based on the Slack Real Time Messaging API. It provides a simple plugin mechanism, concurrent message handling, and automatic reconnection.

## Use cases
- build a slack bot in python
- respond to slack messages with custom commands
- create a plugin-based slack chatbot
- send slack attachments from a bot
- route bot errors to a slack channel
- automate replies in a slack workspace

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, plugin-based Python framework for a Slack bot using the RTM API
- you need concurrent message handling and automatic reconnection out of the box
- you prefer simple decorator-based message handlers

## When to avoid
- you need the newer Slack Events API or Socket Mode, which this RTM-based library does not use
- you need a full-featured bot framework with NLU or rich interactive components
- you need actively developed features, as the project is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: chatbot, plugin-system, websocket
- domain: chatbots, messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: slack, rtm-api, bot-framework, messaging, automation

## Member repositories
- scrapinghub/slackbot (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.603366+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 2026-08-30T05:02:42.755238+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/scrapinghub/slackbot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.603366+00:00, sha 405e96815b5e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.