LibreServer
Home server configuration based on Debian.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 139 commits in the last 90 days.
Also an alternative to Cloudron Cloud.
At a glance
LibreServer quick facts
- Health score
- 52/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 54
- Last commit
- 9 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to LibreServer
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "The internet today is too centralized. It's controlled by a few companies who don't give a damn about you or your community. Their abuses of power are many. But it doesn't have to be this way."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
LibreServer scores 52/100, #18 of 28 in Self-hosting Solutions: 139 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 54 stars add 7.0 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 release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
139 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 7.0 / 20
54 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 139
- Last 90 days
- 376
- Last 12 months
- 9 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 28 tools in Self-hosting Solutions by health , between FreedomBox (#17) and Syncloud (#19) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Shell |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 54 |
| Open issues | 3 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | bashrc2/libreserver ↗ |
LibreServer vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with LibreServer (Self-hosting Solutions), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umbrel | 96 | 12k | ⊘ Proprietary | 1 month ago |
| Cosmos | 95 | 6.2k | Apache-2.0 | 9 days ago |
| YunoHost | 84 | 3k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Cloudron | 61 | 34 | ⊘ Proprietary | yesterday |
| FreedomBox | 52 | 65 | AGPL-3.0 | 14 days ago |
| LibreServer (this tool) | 52 | 54 | AGPL-3.0 | 9 days ago |
LibreServer: common questions
What does LibreServer replace?
Repoly lists LibreServer as an open-source alternative to Cloudron Cloud. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where LibreServer stands against the others.
Is LibreServer still maintained?
LibreServer had 139 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.