Halo
A powerful and easy-to-use website building tool (documentation in Chinese).
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Still maintained? Yes: 148 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.27.1 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Halo quick facts
- Health score
- 98/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 40,087
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.27.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Halo scores 98/100, #5 of 12 in Software Development - Low Code: 148 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.27.1, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 40,087 stars add 18.4 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 1.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
148 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.27.1 released 7 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 18.4 / 20
40k 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
- 148
- Last 90 days
- 617
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 12 tools in Software Development - Low Code by health , between Budibase (#4) and ToolJet (#6) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Java, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.27.1 · 7 days ago |
| Stars | 40,087 |
| Open issues | 102 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | halo-dev/halo ↗ |
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Halo: common questions
Is Halo still maintained?
Halo had 148 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2.27.1, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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