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Decision brief
Built using Ruby with a focus on creating monitoring and automation agents for notifications and web scraping tasks.
Good fit when
- When you require custom scripts or workflows in Ruby to automate repetitive actions like web scraping or notification handling.
- For users who prefer open-source solutions under the MIT License for their agent-based automation needs.
Avoid when
- When your team is not familiar with Ruby, as Huginn requires Ruby knowledge to create, deploy, or maintain it.
- For projects needing integration with proprietary systems lacking Ruby compatibility.
- Hosting:
- self hosted - Huginn can be deployed on a variety of servers or self-hosted environments using Docker for quick setup. Alternatively, manual installation is supported on any server with Ruby and a database (MySQL/`
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- Not a fork · Organization account
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- No criticals
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Overview
Huginn allows users to create automation agents for monitoring, notifications, and web scraping tasks using Ruby.
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- MCP server
- No MCP server detected
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- ruby, javascript
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README
Docker
The quickest and easiest way to check out Huginn is to use the official Docker image. Have a look at the documentation.
Local Installation
If you just want to play around, you can simply fork this repository, then perform the following steps:
- Run
git remote add upstream https://github.com/huginn/huginn.gitto add the main repository as a remote for your fork. - Copy
.env.exampleto.env(cp .env.example .env) and edit.env, at least updating theAPP_SECRET_TOKENvariable. - Make sure that you have MySQL or PostgreSQL installed. (On a Mac, the easiest way is with Homebrew. If you're going to use PostgreSQL, you'll need to prepend all commands below with
DATABASE_ADAPTER=postgresql.) - Run
bundleto install dependencies - Run
bundle exec rake db:create,bundle exec rake db:migrate, and thenbundle exec rake db:seedto create a development database with some example Agents. - Run
bundle exec foreman start, visit http://localhost:3000/, and login with the username ofadminand the password ofpassword. - Setup some Agents!
- Read the wiki for usage examples and to get started making new Agents.
- Periodically run
git fetch upstreamand thengit checkout master && git merge upstream/masterto merge in the newest version of Huginn.
Note: By default, email messages are intercepted in the development Rails environment, which is what you just setup. You can view
them at http://localhost:3000/letter_opener. If you'd like to send real email via SMTP when playing
with Huginn locally, set SEND_EMAIL_IN_DEVELOPMENT to true in your .env file.
If you need more detailed instructions, see the Novice setup guide.
Deployment
Please see the Huginn Wiki for detailed deployment strategies for different providers.
Manual installation on any server
Have a look at the installation guide.
License
Huginn is provided under the MIT License.
Huginn was originally created by @cantino in 2013. Since then, many people's dedicated contributions have made it what it is today.
For agents
This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.