BTCPay Server
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies payment processor.
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Still maintained? Yes: 364 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.4.7 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
BTCPay Server quick facts
- Health score
- 86/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 7,867
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.4.7, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "BTCPay Server is a free and open-source, self-hosted Bitcoin payment processor. It lets merchants accept Bitcoin directly, without fees or intermediaries."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
BTCPay Server scores 86/100, #25 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management: 364 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.4.7, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 7,867 stars add 15.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
364 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.4.7 released yesterday
- Stars 15.6 / 20
7.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 364
- Last 90 days
- 939
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #25 of 43 tools in Money, Budgeting & Management by health , between Akaunting (#24) and InvoicePlane (#26) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | C# |
| Latest release | v2.4.7 · yesterday |
| Stars | 7,867 |
| Open issues | 34 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | btcpayserver/btcpayserver ↗ |
BTCPay Server vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with BTCPay Server (Money, Budgeting & Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HyperSwitch | 99 | 46k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Actual | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| Ghostfolio | 96 | 9.6k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Bitcart | 92 | 998 | MIT | yesterday |
| BTCPay Server (this tool) | 86 | 7.9k | MIT | today |
| SHKeeper | 51 | 635 | GPL-3.0 | 2 months ago |
BTCPay Server: common questions
Is BTCPay Server still maintained?
BTCPay Server had 364 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2.4.7, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.