Expressa
Content Management System for powering database driven websites using JSON schemas. Provides permission management and automatic REST APIs.
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Still maintained? Yes: 19 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.1.3 (Sep 2026).
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At a glance
Expressa quick facts
- Health score
- 68/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 452
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.1.3, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Expressa scores 68/100, #33 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 19 commits in the last 90 days earn 22.2 of 35 points, the latest release (2.1.3, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 452 stars add 10.6 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 12.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 22.2 / 35
19 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2.1.3 released 2 months ago
- Stars 10.6 / 20
452 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 19
- Last 90 days
- 25
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #33 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between Pushword (#32) and Bludit (#34) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | 2.1.3 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 452 |
| Open issues | 23 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | thomas4019/expressa ↗ |
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Expressa: common questions
Is Expressa still maintained?
Expressa had 19 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, 2.1.3, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.