Anchr
Toolbox for tiny tasks on the internet, including bookmark collections, URL shortening and (encrypted) image uploads.
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Still maintained? Yes: 6 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 3.5.2 (Nov 2025).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
Anchr quick facts
- Health score
- 45/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 395
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.5.2, Nov 2025
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Anchr is a small toolbox for common tasks on the internet, including bookmarks , link shortening and image uploads ."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Anchr scores 45/100, #69 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 6 commits in the last 90 days earn 7.0 of 35 points, the latest release (3.5.2, 12 months ago) earns 17.1 of 25, 395 stars add 10.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 28.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 7.0 / 35
6 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 17.1 / 25
3.5.2 released 12 months ago
- Stars 10.4 / 20
395 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 6
- Last 90 days
- 20
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #69 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Mirumoji (#68) and string.is (#70) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | 3.5.2 · 12 months ago |
| Stars | 395 |
| Open issues | 8 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | muety/anchr ↗ |
Anchr vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Anchr (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| OmniTools | 96 | 11k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Koillection | 93 | 1.3k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| ImgCompress | 90 | 348 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| CUPS | 83 | 1.8k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Anchr (this tool) | 45 | 395 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
Anchr: common questions
Is Anchr still maintained?
Anchr had 6 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, 3.5.2, is from 12 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.