Mumble
Low-latency, high quality voice/text chat software.
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Still maintained? Yes: 310 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.5.939 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: Slack alternatives, WhatsApp alternatives, Microsoft Teams alternatives, Discord alternatives.
At a glance
Mumble quick facts
- Health score
- 86/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,374
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.5.939, Oct 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Mumble is an Open Source, low-latency and high-quality voice-chat program written on top of Qt and Opus."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Mumble scores 86/100, #21 of 44 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: 310 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.5.939, 19 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 8,374 stars add 15.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
310 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.5.939 released 19 days ago
- Stars 15.7 / 20
8.4k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 310
- Last 90 days
- 585
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #21 of 44 tools in Communication - Custom Communication Systems by health , between Tinode (#20) and Synapse (#22) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | C++, deb |
| Latest release | v1.5.939 · 19 days ago |
| Stars | 8,374 |
| Open issues | 420 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | mumble-voip/mumble ↗ |
Mumble vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Mumble (Communication - Custom Communication Systems), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket.Chat | 99 | 46k | MIT | today |
| Chatwoot | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Mattermost | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Novu | 98 | 40k | MIT | today |
| Tuwunel | 94 | 2.7k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Mumble (this tool) | 86 | 8.4k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
Mumble: common questions
Is Mumble still maintained?
Mumble had 310 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.5.939, is from 19 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.