HumHub
Flexible kit for private social networks.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 237 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.19.3 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.
At a glance
HumHub quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 6,765
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.19.3, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "The software is written in PHP and is best described by dividing into 4 main parts: User, Spaces, Content and Modules."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
HumHub scores 85/100, #14 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 237 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.19.3, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 6,765 stars add 15.3 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 Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
237 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.19.3 released 3 days ago
- Stars 15.3 / 20
6.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 237
- Last 90 days
- 501
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Mastodon (#13) and PixelFed (#15) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v1.19.3 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 6,765 |
| Open issues | 739 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | humhub/humhub ↗ |
HumHub vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with HumHub (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 |
| HumHub (this tool) | 85 | 6.8k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Akkoma | 83 | 71 | AGPL-3.0 | 25 days ago |
HumHub: common questions
Is HumHub still maintained?
HumHub had 237 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.19.3, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.