Geokit
Official Geokit Gem. Geokit gem provides geocoding and distance/heading calculations. Pair with the geokit-rails plugin for full-fledged location-based app functionality. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6484
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 766
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1628 stars · 359 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Geokit is a Ruby gem providing geocoding via multiple providers (Google, Bing, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, etc.) plus distance, heading, midpoint, and bounds calculations between points on Earth. It pairs with the geokit-rails plugin to add location-based finders to Rails applications.
Use cases
- geocode addresses to lat/lng in ruby
- calculate distance between two coordinates
- reverse geocode coordinates to addresses
- geocode users by ip address
- check if a point falls within bounds
- add location-based search to a rails app
When to choose
- you need multi-provider geocoding with failover in a ruby project
- you want simple distance/heading math without heavy GIS dependencies
- you're building a rails app with location-based finders
When to avoid
- you need advanced spatial queries or geometry types (use PostGIS or RGeo)
- you're not using ruby
- you need a maintained geocoder with frequent provider updates (consider the geocoder gem)
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
geospatial http-client sdk web-development developer-tools ruby cross-platform geocoding distance-calculation reverse-geocoding ip-geocoding rails location-based-services maps geospatial
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/geokit/geokit · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7cae99d38de8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| geokit/geokit | main | 32 |
| geokit/geokit-rails | plugin | 32 |
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