Huginn
Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 53% of tracked projects; popularity more than 97%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 50k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v2026.09.22 · 21 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Ruby |
Is Huginn actively maintained?
Huginn is under active development: 307 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 28 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 58% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, v2026.09.22, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Huginn ranks #10 of 32 in Automation, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Huginn actually does
Huginn is an automation tool designed to execute tasks and monitor data sources on your behalf. Built with Ruby under an MIT licence, it allows you to run autonomous agents that interact with web services and trigger automated workflows.
Best fit: It suits technical users who want to self-host their own data pipelines and event-driven automation without relying on commercial third-party platforms.
Worth knowing: The project shows signs of slowing maintenance activity, which may introduce security risks or compatibility issues over time.
Deployment notes
As a Ruby application, deployment typically requires a managed database backend, a process manager for background workers, and a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination securely.
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