Ideon
Project workspace built around an infinite canvas; embed GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, and Forgejo repositories alongside notes, links, and tasks, with real-time collaboration.
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Still maintained? Yes: 23 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.0.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Software Development - Project Management: GitHub alternatives, Atlassian Bitbucket alternatives, Docker Hub alternatives.
At a glance
Ideon quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 668
- Last commit
- 8 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.0.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Organize repositories, notes, links and more on a shared infinite canvas."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Ideon scores 83/100, #15 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management: 23 commits in the last 90 days earn 26.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.0.0, 15 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 668 stars add 11.3 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 8.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 26.8 / 35
23 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.0.0 released 15 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.3 / 20
668 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
- 108
- Last 12 months
- 8 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #15 of 45 tools in Software Development - Project Management by health , between gitbucket (#14) and ZenTao (#16) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v1.0.0 · 15 days ago |
| Stars | 668 |
| Open issues | 11 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | 3xpyth0n/ideon ↗ |
Ideon vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Ideon (Software Development - Project Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | 99 | 59k | MIT | today |
| OpenProject | 97 | 17k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Forgejo | 95 | 5.7k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| Octobox | 95 | 4.5k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| gitbucket | 86 | 9.4k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Ideon (this tool) | 83 | 668 | AGPL-3.0 | 8 days ago |
Ideon: common questions
Is Ideon still maintained?
Ideon had 23 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.0.0, is from 15 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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