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Open source community-supported agriculture (csa)

Management and administration tools for community supported agriculture and food cooperatives. Repoly tracks 8 open-source community-supported agriculture tools, each scored nightly from its repository activity and ranked by that score alone. FoodCoopShop leads at 88/100 with 32 commits in the last 90 days and 124 stars, followed by Hive-Pal (86) and Open Food Network (82). 5 of the 8 score 70 or above, 3 publish a Docker image, and the median health is 76. AGPL-3.0 is the most common licence, carried by 5 of them. The score weighs commits in the last 90 days, release recency, stars, archive status and Docker support; a low number means low measurable activity, not low quality, so a finished, stable tool can legitimately sit lower down.

updated Oct 2026 8 tools ★ 2k stars 3 with Docker median 76

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  • Most starred

    Open Food Network

    1,301 stars on GitHub, the largest community in the category.

  • Most active

    ACP Admin

    375 commits in the last 90 days, the fastest-moving codebase here.

  • Most permissive

    Hive-Pal

    MIT licence with health 86/100: the strongest option if you need to embed or fork commercially.

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How the community-supported agriculture tools compare

FoodCoopShop edges Hive-Pal 88 to 86, and most of the difference is stars: 124 stars against 37 stars. Hive-Pal is the busier codebase, though, with 120 commits in 90 days to 32. Open Food Network has the largest following at 1.3k stars, yet ranks #3 of 8, held back mostly by Docker support (no Docker image).

The most recent release is Open Food Network v5.8.1, published 4 days ago. ACP Admin and teikei publish no tagged releases, which costs up to 25 of the 100 points. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Ruby (3), Nodejs (2) and PHP (1) are the most common. Hive-Pal and ACP Admin are permissively licensed; FoodCoopShop, Open Food Network, juntagrico and 3 more are copyleft.

Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA): common questions

What is the best open source community-supported agriculture tool?

By Repoly's GitHub health score, FoodCoopShop at 88/100 (32 commits in 90 days, v4.3.0 from 11 days ago). Hive-Pal is next at 86; FoodCoopShop's lead comes mostly from stars. The score measures maintenance, not features, so shortlist the top few and try them.

Which community-supported agriculture tools are the most actively developed?

Open Food Network (825 commits in 90 days), ACP Admin (375 commits in 90 days) and Hive-Pal (120 commits in 90 days). Commit activity is 35 of the 100 health points, the largest single term.

Which community-supported agriculture tools can I run in Docker?

3 of 8 publish a Docker image or Compose file, led by FoodCoopShop, Hive-Pal and Foodsoft.

Which community-supported agriculture tools have a permissive licence?

2 of 8: Hive-Pal (MIT), ACP Admin (MIT). 6 are copyleft.