# tweetstream/tweetstream

A simple EventMachine-based library for consuming Twitter's Streaming API.

Repository: https://github.com/tweetstream/tweetstream
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tweetstream
Homepage: http://rdoc.info/github/tweetstream/tweetstream
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-08-24T17:51:40+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": 6189, "days_push": 1835, "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 1104, forks 153 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:36.198510+00:00)

## What it is
TweetStream is a Ruby library providing simple EventMachine-based access to Twitter's Streaming API. It supports sample streams, keyword tracking, user following, user streams, and Site Streams with OAuth authentication.

## Use cases
- consume a sample of all tweets in real time
- track tweets matching specific keywords
- follow tweets from a set of user ids
- consume Twitter user streams
- consume Twitter Site Streams for multiple accounts

## When to choose
- you are building a Ruby application that needs real-time Twitter data
- you want an EventMachine-based streaming client with OAuth support
- you already use the Twitter gem and want compatible objects

## When to avoid
- you need a client for a platform other than Twitter
- you are not using Ruby or EventMachine
- you need actively maintained support, as the project sees only occasional releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: streaming, http-client, sdk
- domain: social-media, apis, developer-tools
- platform: ruby
- tags: twitter, streaming-api, eventmachine, oauth, real-time

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.198510+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 2026-08-30T06:45:29.850628+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tweetstream/tweetstream (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.198510+00:00, sha bee2a03efdbd)
  - homepage: http://rdoc.info/github/tweetstream/tweetstream (fetched 2026-08-29T12:48:04.717341+00:00, sha c98c349f39a7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.