# os/slacker

Full-featured Python interface for the Slack API

Repository: https://github.com/os/slacker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slacker
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, slack, api
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-07-03T04:29:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4557, "days_push": 2252, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1589, forks 235 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:08.068509+00:00)

## What it is
Slacker is a full-featured Python client library for the Slack API, supporting messaging, file uploads, user listing, and other Slack methods. The repository is archived and no longer maintained, with Slack officially endorsing python-slackclient instead.

## Use cases
- send messages to slack channels from python
- upload files to slack programmatically
- list slack workspace users via api
- python wrapper for slack web api
- post notifications to slack from scripts

## When to choose
- maintaining legacy code that already depends on slacker
- you need a simple, lightweight slack api wrapper for an old python project

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use the official slack-sdk / python-slackclient
- you need support for newer slack api features or updated auth
- you need bug fixes or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, sdk
- domain: apis, developer-tools, messaging-platforms
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: slack, api-client, archived, chat

## Member repositories
- os/slacker (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.068509+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 2026-08-30T03:54:58.309227+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/os/slacker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.068509+00:00, sha 36173484a039)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/slacker/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:37.506331+00:00, sha 934c223487ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.