Garlic-Hub
Digital signage device and content management system with SMIL playlist support and scheduling.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 258 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.1.5 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
Garlic-Hub quick facts
- Health score
- 89/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 149
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.1.5, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Garlic-Hub manages your digital signage network — devices, content, and playlists — from a single self-hosted interface. No SaaS, no per-device fees, no vendor lock-in."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Garlic-Hub scores 89/100, #32 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 258 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.1.5, 16 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 149 stars add 8.7 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 11.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
258 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.1.5 released 16 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 8.7 / 20
149 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
- 258
- Last 90 days
- 348
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #32 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between ImgCompress (#31) and CyberChef (#33) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v1.1.5 · 16 days ago |
| Stars | 149 |
| Open issues | 12 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | garlic-signage/garlic-hub ↗ |
Garlic-Hub vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Garlic-Hub (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| Anubis | 98 | 24k | MIT | yesterday |
| Infisical Community Edition | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| ConvertX | 97 | 19k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Garlic-Hub (this tool) | 89 | 149 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
Garlic-Hub: common questions
Is Garlic-Hub still maintained?
Garlic-Hub had 258 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v1.1.5, is from 16 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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