Huginn
Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by! observed · 2026-10-17
Health v2 · maintenance only
100/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10.0
- age_days: 4972
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 4
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
50066 stars · 4308 forks observed · 2026-10-17
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-21, confidence 0.97
Huginn is a self‑hosted automation platform that lets you build agents to monitor, scrape, and act on web events. It functions like a hackable IFTTT/Zapier you run on your own server.
Use cases
- Set up automated alerts when a website changes or a weather forecast predicts rain.
- Scrape data from a news site and send a daily digest via email or Slack.
- Track Twitter mentions of a keyword and trigger custom JavaScript actions.
- Create scheduled RSS feed digests that are emailed to you each morning.
- Monitor API endpoints and fire webhooks when specific conditions are met.
When to choose
- You need full control over your automation data and privacy.
- You want to build custom agents beyond what SaaS services provide.
- Your infrastructure already runs Ruby or Docker and you can host a web app.
When to avoid
- You prefer a turnkey SaaS solution with no server maintenance.
- You lack Ruby or Rails experience and cannot manage the stack.
- Your automation needs are very lightweight and a simple IFTTT account suffices.
Facets
application · maturity active
web-scraping monitoring email webhook scheduling workflow-automation web-development developer-tools ruby windows self-hosted ifttt-alternative agent-based hackable privacy-first ruby-on-rails automation linux macos docker web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/huginn/huginn · fetched 2026-10-17 · e91fd663f38e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| huginn/huginn | main | 100 |
| huginn/huginn_agent | sdk | 90 |
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