Hoppscotch Community Edition
Fast and beautiful API request builder.
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Still maintained? Yes: 23 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2026.9.0 (Sep 2026).
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At a glance
Hoppscotch Community Edition quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 80,719
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2026.9.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "We highly recommend you take a look at the Hoppscotch Documentation to learn more about the app."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Hoppscotch Community Edition scores 91/100, #7 of 16 in Software Development - API Management: 23 commits in the last 90 days earn 26.8 of 35 points, the latest release (2026.9.0, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 80,719 stars add 19.6 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 commit activity, worth 8.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 26.8 / 35
23 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2026.9.0 released 1 month ago
- Stars 19.6 / 20
81k 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
- 23
- Last 90 days
- 295
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 16 tools in Software Development - API Management by health , between GoModel (#6) and Para (#8) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs, Docker |
| Latest release | 2026.9.0 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 80,719 |
| Open issues | 604 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | hoppscotch/hoppscotch ↗ |
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Hoppscotch Community Edition: common questions
Is Hoppscotch Community Edition still maintained?
Hoppscotch Community Edition had 23 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, 2026.9.0, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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