Kinto
Minimalist JSON storage service with synchronisation and sharing abilities.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 45 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 26.5.0 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Kinto quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,422
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 26.5.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Kinto scores 85/100, #7 of 20 in File Transfer & Synchronization: 45 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (26.5.0, 17 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,422 stars add 14.6 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
45 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
26.5.0 released 17 days ago
- Stars 14.6 / 20
4.4k 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
- 45
- Last 90 days
- 174
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 20 tools in File Transfer & Synchronization by health , between Nextcloud (#6) and Hoodik (#8) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Python |
| Latest release | 26.5.0 · 17 days ago |
| Stars | 4,422 |
| Open issues | 90 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | Kinto/kinto ↗ |
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Kinto: common questions
Is Kinto still maintained?
Kinto had 45 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 26.5.0, is from 17 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.