# iobridge/thingspeak

ThingSpeak is an open source “Internet of Things” application and API to store and retrieve data from things using HTTP over the Internet or via a Local Area Network. With ThingSpeak, you can create sensor logging applications, location tracking applications, and a social network of things with status updates.

Repository: https://github.com/iobridge/thingspeak
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thingspeak
Homepage: https://thingspeak.com
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-09-21T11:24:42+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": 5737, "days_push": 1077, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1049, forks 332 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:22.650656+00:00)

## What it is
ThingSpeak is an open-source IoT analytics platform and API for collecting, storing, visualizing, and analyzing sensor data streams over HTTP or MQTT. Devices can push data to private or public channels, with MATLAB-based analysis, alerting, and event scheduling built in.

## Use cases
- log sensor data from arduino or raspberry pi to the cloud
- visualize live iot data streams with charts
- monitor air quality or energy usage remotely
- build a smart farming sensor monitoring app
- track gps location of devices over http
- send alerts when sensor readings cross a threshold
- self-host an iot data collection api

## When to choose
- you need a ready-made REST/MQTT endpoint for devices to post sensor readings
- you want built-in visualization and MATLAB analytics without writing a backend
- you are prototyping IoT projects with Arduino, ESP32, or Raspberry Pi

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight time-series database rather than a full application
- you require strict licensing guarantees (license is non-standard)
- you need high-throughput industrial telemetry beyond its design scale

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: api-framework, http-server, data-visualization, analytics, monitoring, iot
- domain: iot, data-visualization, analytics, self-hosted, cloud-computing
- platform: self-hosted, cloud, ruby
- tags: iot-analytics, sensor-logging, mqtt, rest-api, matlab, time-series, channels, web-server

## Member repositories
- iobridge/thingspeak (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.650656+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 2026-08-30T07:00:29.570696+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://thingspeak.com (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:55.159827+00:00, sha 7a4d4ad175a5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.