Habitat
A Platform for Local Communities.
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Still maintained? Yes: 30 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.7.1 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.
At a glance
Habitat quick facts
- Health score
- 89/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 151
- Last commit
- 9 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.7.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Free of ads, free of data harvesting, free of charge. Habitat is made with love and owned by the community."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Habitat scores 89/100, #12 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 30 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.7.1, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 151 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
30 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.7.1 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 8.7 / 20
151 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
- 30
- Last 90 days
- 79
- Last 12 months
- 9 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between PieFed (#11) and Mastodon (#13) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | 1.7.1 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 151 |
| Open issues | 7 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | carlnewton/habitat ↗ |
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Habitat: common questions
Is Habitat still maintained?
Habitat had 30 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 9 days ago; the latest tagged release, 1.7.1, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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