Livebook
Realtime collaborative notebook app based on Markdown that supports running Elixir code snippets, TeX and Mermaid Diagrams. Easily deployed using Docker or Elixir.
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Still maintained? Yes: 34 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.19.10 (Sep 2026).
At a glance
Livebook quick facts
- Health score
- 95/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 5,897
- Last commit
- 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.19.10, Sep 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Livebook scores 95/100, #4 of 21 in Note-taking & Editors: 34 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.19.10, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 5,897 stars add 15.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 4.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
34 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.19.10 released 1 month ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.1 / 20
5.9k 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
- 34
- Last 90 days
- 210
- Last 12 months
- 4 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 21 tools in Note-taking & Editors by health , between HedgeDoc (#3) and SilverBullet (#5) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Elixir, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.19.10 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 5,897 |
| Open issues | 18 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | livebook-dev/livebook ↗ |
Livebook vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Livebook (Note-taking & Editors), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HedgeDoc | 96 | 7.5k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Livebook (this tool) | 95 | 5.9k | Apache-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| Many Notes | 92 | 1.1k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Note Mark | 90 | 775 | AGPL-3.0 | 28 days ago |
| Joplin | 89 | 57k | MIT | yesterday |
| plumio | 89 | 141 | AGPL-3.0 | 9 days ago |
Livebook: common questions
Is Livebook still maintained?
Livebook had 34 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.19.10, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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