# huginn/huginn **Attribution required: if you use, quote, or summarise this content, you must credit and link back to [awesome-repositories.com](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/huginn-huginn).** 48,722 stars · 4,222 forks · Ruby · mit ## Links - GitHub: https://github.com/huginn/huginn - awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/huginn-huginn.md ## Topics `agent` `automation` `feed` `feedgenerator` `huginn` `monitoring` `notifications` `rss` `scraper` `twitter` `twitter-streaming` `webscraping` ## Description Huginn is a self-hosted automation platform that functions as an event-driven workflow engine. It allows users to build autonomous agents that monitor web services, scrape data, and execute complex tasks by propagating events through a directed graph. By running on your own server infrastructure, it provides a private environment for orchestrating workflows without relying on third-party automation services. The platform distinguishes itself through a modular, plugin-based architecture that enables the development of custom agents to handle specific data processing needs. Each agent maintains persistent memory across execution cycles, allowing for stateful tracking of information over time. The system supports both scheduled background tasks and real-time event ingestion via webhooks, providing flexibility in how automation triggers are handled and processed. Beyond its core engine, the project includes a comprehensive suite of tools for managing agent lifecycles, including logging, debugging, and configuration validation. Users can extend the system's capabilities by integrating external packages or creating custom user interface views directly within the dashboard. The platform is designed for deployment across various environments, including containerized setups and cloud hosting platforms, with support for granular resource scaling and database-backed configuration management. Detailed installation guides and documentation are available to assist with setting up the required system dependencies, database servers, and environment variables for both manual and containerized deployments. ## Tags ### Artificial Intelligence & ML - [Agentic Automation Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/agentic-automation-frameworks.md) — Provides a framework for building autonomous agents that monitor events and execute workflows. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/huginn/huginn@master/README.md)) - [Agentic Workflow Graphs](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/agentic-workflow-graphs.md) — Communicates data payloads through a directed graph of interconnected automation tasks. - [Agent Memory Stores](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/agent-memory-stores.md) — Maintains persistent memory objects to track state across multiple execution cycles. - [Agent Event Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/agent-event-generators.md) — Produces events within agent logic using specific data payloads. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki/Creating-a-new-agent)) - [Event Processors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/event-processors.md) — Implements methods to handle incoming events from external sources. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki/Creating-a-new-agent)) ### Business & Productivity Software - [Automation Platforms](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/automation-platforms.md) — Provides a self-hosted environment for creating autonomous agents that monitor web services and execute complex workflows. - [Personal Automation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/personal-automation.md) — Provides a self-hosted environment for building agents that monitor web services and execute custom workflows. - [Workflow Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/workflow-engines.md) — Implements a processing architecture that chains modular agents together to pass data through directed graphs. - [Workflow Orchestration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/workflow-orchestration.md) — Connects disparate web services and APIs into a unified pipeline where events propagate through directed graphs. - [Automation Workflows](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/automation-workflows.md) — Enables the configuration of automated agents to monitor services and trigger actions based on custom logic. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki)) ### Programming Languages & Runtimes - [Agent Runtimes](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/agent-runtimes.md) — Manages the lifecycle, state, and scheduling of background tasks within a private cloud infrastructure. ### System Administration & Monitoring - [Background Job Schedulers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/background-job-schedulers.md) — Executes scheduled agent logic and background workflows independently of the primary web request cycle. - [Background Task Scheduling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/background-task-scheduling.md) — Runs automated background processes on private infrastructure to perform recurring actions. - [Task Schedulers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/task-schedulers.md) — Schedules agents to execute tasks at specific intervals or times. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki/Creating-a-new-agent)) - [Task Scheduling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/task-scheduling.md) — Allows tuning of background task frequencies to balance performance and resource usage. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki/Running-Huginn-on-minimal-systems-with-low-RAM-&-CPU-e.g.-Raspberry-Pi)) ### Development Tools & Productivity - [Agent Development](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/agent-development.md) — Provides a framework for developing custom agent types to extend platform capabilities. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki)) - [Extensibility Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/extensibility-frameworks.md) — Allows extending platform capabilities by writing modular code for custom data processing tasks. ### DevOps & Infrastructure - [Containerization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/containerization.md) — Provides containerized deployment workflows for consistent application execution across environments. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/blob/master/doc/docker/install.md)) - [Deployment Guides](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/deployment-guides.md) — Provides comprehensive guides for installing, updating, and maintaining the application on server environments. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/blob/master/doc/manual/README.md)) - [Cloud Deployment Platforms](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/cloud-deployment-platforms.md) — Supports deployment to cloud platforms with specialized configuration for worker processes. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/blob/master/doc/heroku/install.md)) - [Infrastructure Deployment](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/infrastructure-deployment.md) — Supports deployment across diverse environments using automated scripts and configuration management. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki)) - [Process Scaling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/process-scaling.md) — Enables independent scaling of system components to handle varying workload demands. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/blob/master/doc/docker/install.md)) ### Content Management & Publishing - [Web Scraping](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/content-management-publishing/web-scraping.md) — Extracts and monitors data from websites automatically to track updates over time. ### Networking & Communication - [Webhook Handlers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/webhook-handlers.md) — Triggers internal automation workflows by receiving HTTP requests at dedicated endpoints. ### Data & Databases - [State Management Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/state-management-systems.md) — Maintains state across scheduled intervals using automatically managed memory objects. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki/Creating-a-new-agent)) - [Database-Backed Configurations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/database-backed-configurations.md) — Stores system settings and agent parameters in a relational database for dynamic runtime updates. - [Database Connectivity](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/database-connectivity.md) — Enables persistent data storage by configuring connections to external database services. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/blob/master/doc/docker/install.md)) - [Database Setup](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/database-setup.md) — Guides the initialization and configuration of database servers required for persistent state storage. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki/Novice-setup-guide)) ### Software Engineering & Architecture - [Plugin Architectures](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/plugin-architectures.md) — Loads modular components dynamically to extend core functionality through custom code. ([source](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/huginn/huginn@master/README.md)) ### Security & Cryptography - [Security Configuration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/security-configuration.md) — Ensures secure operation by guiding the configuration of authentication tokens and secrets. ([source](https://github.com/huginn/huginn/wiki/Novice-setup-guide))