Evergreen
Highly-scalable software for libraries that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials.
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Still maintained? Yes: 124 commits in the last 90 days.
At a glance
Evergreen quick facts
- Health score
- 54/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 157
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Linux user accounts: The user Linux account is the account that you use to log onto the Linux system as a regular user. The root Linux account is an account that has system administrator privileges. On Debian you can switch to this account from your user account by issuing the su - command and entering the password for the root account when prompted."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Evergreen scores 54/100, #3 of 3 in Document Management - Integrated Library Systems (ILS): 124 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 157 stars add 8.8 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 release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
124 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 8.8 / 20
157 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 124
- Last 90 days
- 590
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 3 tools in Document Management - Integrated Library Systems (ILS) by health , just below Koha (#2) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PLpgSQL |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 157 |
| Open issues | 2 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | evergreen-library-system/Evergreen ↗ |
Evergreen vs its top 2 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Evergreen (Document Management - Integrated Library Systems (ILS)), scored on the same five terms.
Evergreen: common questions
Is Evergreen still maintained?
Evergreen had 124 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.