Hubzilla
Decentralized identity, privacy, publishing, sharing, cloud storage, and communications/social platform.
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Still maintained? Yes: 29 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 11.4.2 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.
At a glance
Hubzilla quick facts
- Health score
- 76/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 57
- Last commit
- 10 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 11.4.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Hubzilla scores 76/100, #25 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 29 commits in the last 90 days earn 33.8 of 35 points, the latest release (11.4.2, 10 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 57 stars add 7.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 12.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the Framagit API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 33.8 / 35
29 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
11.4.2 released 10 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 7.1 / 20
57 stars on Framagit (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 29
- Last 90 days
- 212
- Last 12 months
- 10 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #25 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Misago (#24) and Redlib (#26) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 11.4.2 · 10 days ago |
| Stars | 57 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | framagit.org/hubzilla/core ↗ |
Hubzilla vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Hubzilla (Communication - Social Networks and Forums), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misskey | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Movim | 93 | 2.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Scoold | 92 | 921 | Apache-2.0 | 1 month ago |
| GoToSocial | 91 | 692 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Hubzilla (this tool) | 76 | 57 | MIT | 10 days ago |
| Socialhome | 65 | 379 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
Hubzilla: common questions
Is Hubzilla still maintained?
Hubzilla had 29 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 10 days ago; the latest tagged release, 11.4.2, is from 10 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.