Haven
Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader.
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Still maintained? Yes: 7 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in Blogging Platforms: WordPress.com alternatives.
At a glance
Haven quick facts
- Health score
- 30/100 STALE
- Stars
- 812
- Last commit
- 26 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Haven is a private blog application built with Ruby on Rails. Write what you want, create accounts for people you want to share with, keep up with each other using built-in RSS."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Haven scores 30/100, #12 of 15 in Blogging Platforms: 7 commits in the last 90 days earn 8.2 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 812 stars add 11.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 26.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 8.2 / 35
7 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 11.6 / 20
812 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 7
- Last 90 days
- 33
- Last 12 months
- 26 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 15 tools in Blogging Platforms by health , between HTMLy (#11) and Antville (#13) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 812 |
| Open issues | 16 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | havenweb/haven ↗ |
Haven vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Haven (Blogging Platforms), scored on the same five terms.
Haven: common questions
Is Haven still maintained?
Haven had 7 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 26 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.