Lancache
LAN Party game caching made easy.
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Still maintained? Yes: 2 commits in the last 90 days.
At a glance
Lancache quick facts
- Health score
- 34/100 STALE
- Stars
- 909
- Last commit
- 21 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "The documentation for the LanCache.net project can be found on our website."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Lancache scores 34/100, #19 of 20 in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels: 2 commits in the last 90 days earn 2.3 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 909 stars add 11.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 32.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 2.3 / 35
2 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 11.8 / 20
909 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
- 2
- Last 90 days
- 14
- Last 12 months
- 21 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #19 of 20 tools in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels by health , between Minus Games (#18) and EasyWI (#20) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Shell |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 909 |
| Open issues | 34 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | lancachenet/monolithic ↗ |
Lancache vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Lancache (Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine | 99 | 43k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| RomM | 97 | 14k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Pelican Panel | 94 | 2.4k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Calagopus | 92 | 860 | MIT | yesterday |
| Ownfoil | 92 | 950 | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Lancache (this tool) | 34 | 909 | MIT | 21 days ago |
Lancache: common questions
Is Lancache still maintained?
Lancache had 2 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 21 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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