LibreKB
Web-based knowledge base solution. A simple web app, it runs on pretty much any web server or hosting provider with PHP and MySQL.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 17 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.3.2 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
LibreKB quick facts
- Health score
- 62/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 62
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.3.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "LibreKB: Knowledge Base Web App - Free, Open Source, Self Hosted, PHP/MySQL."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
LibreKB scores 62/100, #7 of 11 in Knowledge Management Tools: 17 commits in the last 90 days earn 19.8 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.3.2, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 62 stars add 7.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 15.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 19.8 / 35
17 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.3.2 released 3 days ago
- Stars 7.2 / 20
62 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 17
- Last 90 days
- 21
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 11 tools in Knowledge Management Tools by health , between Digimindmap (#6) and memEx (#8) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v2.3.2 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 62 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | michaelstaake/LibreKB ↗ |
LibreKB vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with LibreKB (Knowledge Management Tools), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFFiNE Community Edition | 99 | 74k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| SiYuan | 99 | 47k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Atomic Server | 93 | 1.6k | MIT | today |
| TeamMapper | 91 | 516 | MIT | today |
| LibreKB (this tool) | 62 | 62 | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| memEx | 57 | 2 | AGPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
LibreKB: common questions
Is LibreKB still maintained?
LibreKB had 17 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.3.2, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.