farmOS
Web-based farm record keeping application.
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Still maintained? Yes: 98 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 3.5.9 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Resource Planning: SAP alternatives, NetSuite alternatives, Workday alternatives.
At a glance
farmOS quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,381
- Last commit
- 9 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.5.9, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
Top alternatives to farmOS
In its own words
The project's README opens: "farmOS is a web-based application for farm management, planning, and record keeping. It is developed by a community of volunteers and aims to provide a standard platform for farmers, developers, and researchers to build upon."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
farmOS scores 93/100, #4 of 9 in Resource Planning: 98 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (3.5.9, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,381 stars add 12.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 7.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
98 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
3.5.9 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.6 / 20
1.4k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 98
- Last 90 days
- 419
- Last 12 months
- 9 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 9 tools in Resource Planning by health , between grocy (#3) and LedgerSMB (#5) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Latest release | 3.5.9 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 1,381 |
| Open issues | 28 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | farmOS/farmOS ↗ |
farmOS vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with farmOS (Resource Planning), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERPNext | 98 | 41k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Ever Gauzy | 96 | 8.7k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| grocy | 96 | 9.6k | MIT | 1 month ago |
| farmOS (this tool) | 93 | 1.4k | GPL-2.0 | 9 days ago |
| LedgerSMB | 91 | 571 | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Dolibarr | 86 | 7.8k | GPL-3.0 | today |
farmOS: common questions
Is farmOS still maintained?
farmOS had 98 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 9 days ago; the latest tagged release, 3.5.9, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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