Limbas
Database framework for creating database-driven business applications. As a graphical database frontend, it enables the efficient processing of data stocks and the flexible development of comfortable database applications.
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Still maintained? Yes: 1 commit in the last 90 days, latest release v7.1.15 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Database Management: Airtable alternatives.
At a glance
Limbas quick facts
- Health score
- 43/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 59
- Last commit
- 3 months ago (Aug 2026)
- Latest release
- v7.1.15, Aug 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Limbas scores 43/100, #17 of 20 in Database Management: 1 commit in the last 90 days earns 1.2 of 35 points, the latest release (v7.1.15, 3 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 59 stars add 7.1 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 33.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 1.2 / 35
1 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v7.1.15 released 3 months ago
- Stars 7.1 / 20
59 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 1
- Last 90 days
- 3
- Last 12 months
- 3 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #17 of 20 tools in Database Management by health , between ChartDB (#16) and Databunker (#18) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v7.1.15 · 3 months ago |
| Stars | 59 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | limbas/limbas ↗ |
Limbas vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Limbas (Database Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NocoDB | 99 | 65k | SUL-1.0 | today |
| Directus | 98 | 39k | BUSL-1.1 | yesterday |
| Bytebase | 97 | 15k | MIT | today |
| Datasette | 96 | 12k | Apache-2.0 | 7 days ago |
| LibreDB Studio | 92 | 1.3k | MIT | today |
| Limbas (this tool) | 43 | 59 | GPL-2.0 | 3 months ago |
Limbas: common questions
Is Limbas still maintained?
Limbas had 1 commit in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 months ago; the latest tagged release, v7.1.15, is from 3 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.