Ganymede
Twitch VOD and live stream archiving platform. Includes a rendered chat for each archive.
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Still maintained? Yes: 289 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v5.0.1 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP): Wayback Machine alternatives.
At a glance
Ganymede quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,023
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v5.0.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Ganymede is a Twitch VOD and Live Stream archiving platform with a real-time chat experience. Every archive includes a rendered chat for viewing outside of Ganymede. Files are saved in a friendly format allowing for use without Ganymede."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Ganymede scores 92/100, #7 of 19 in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP): 289 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v5.0.1, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,023 stars add 12.0 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 8.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
289 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v5.0.1 released 3 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.0 / 20
1k 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
- 289
- Last 90 days
- 941
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 19 tools in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP) by health , between mail-archiver (#6) and Readeck (#8) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v5.0.1 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 1,023 |
| Open issues | 51 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | Zibbp/ganymede ↗ |
Ganymede vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Ganymede (Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless-ngx | 99 | 47k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Papra | 95 | 5.6k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Bichon | 93 | 2.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| mail-archiver | 93 | 2.2k | GPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Ganymede (this tool) | 92 | 1k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Wayback | 48 | 2.2k | GPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
Ganymede: common questions
Is Ganymede still maintained?
Ganymede had 289 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v5.0.1, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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