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huginnCreate agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

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huginn

Huginn is an open-source automation platform that lets you build intelligent agents to monitor websites, track events, and take actions on your behalf—without relying on third-party services. It's a self-hosted, privacy-focused alternative to IFTTT or Zapier where you maintain complete control over your data.

Key Features

  • Agent-based automation : Create custom agents that perform tasks like web scraping, event monitoring, and automated actions across multiple platforms
  • Extensive integrations : Connect to Twitter, Slack, RSS, Twilio, JIRA, HipChat, and dozens of other services out of the box
  • Event-driven workflows : Build complex multi-step automations using a directed graph of agents that create and consume events
  • Custom JavaScript execution : Run custom functions within your agents for advanced automation logic

Use Cases

  • Price and deal tracking : Monitor websites and social media for travel deals, shopping discounts, or price changes and receive alerts
  • Social media monitoring : Track keywords or mentions across Twitter and other platforms to spot trends or spikes in discussion
  • Content surveillance : Watch for website changes, scrape content updates, and receive notifications when changes occur
  • Digest notifications : Aggregate information you care about and receive scheduled summary emails at specific times

Who Is It For

Huginn is ideal for developers, privacy-conscious users, and organizations who want powerful automation capabilities without depending on external SaaS platforms. It's perfect for anyone who needs custom workflow automation and values data sovereignty.

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