Huginn
Self-hosted system of agents that watch the web and act for you, like a hackable IFTTT or Zapier running on your own server.
Great for private price, news and change alerts when you want full control of your data.
Who it is for
Tinkerers who want custom alerts, digests and web monitoring on their own server.
Strengths
- Agents can scrape sites, watch RSS feeds, mailboxes and webhooks, then send digests or post to Slack and Telegram.
- Quick start with a single Docker container (ghcr.io/huginn/huginn).
- MIT license.
Good to know
- Needs a MySQL or PostgreSQL database plus an always-on background worker.
- Managed platforms listed in the docs need a paid always-on worker; none keeps one on a free tier.
- Agent logic uses JavaScript, Liquid or jq, so there is a learning curve.
Want a bot built on Huginn, or something similar?
We set it up, connect it to your accounts and keep it running.
Real-life uses
Price-drop and restock watcher
🔥 High demandTell the bot which product pages to watch and it messages you when the price falls or an item is back in stock.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from these sources, checked on 2026-10-24. If something has changed, the source wins; tell us at hello@heybotify.com.
- https://github.com/huginn/huginn: purpose, agent examples, install options, requirements, MIT license
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