Octobox
Take back control of your GitHub Notifications.
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Still maintained? Yes: 214 commits in the last 90 days, latest release october-2026 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Software Development - Project Management: GitHub alternatives, Atlassian Bitbucket alternatives, Docker Hub alternatives.
At a glance
Octobox quick facts
- Health score
- 95/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 4,490
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- october-2026, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Octobox helps you manage your GitHub notifications efficiently so you can spend less time managing and more time getting things done."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Octobox scores 95/100, #10 of 45 in Software Development - Project Management: 214 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (october-2026, 29 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 4,490 stars add 14.6 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 5.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
214 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
october-2026 released 29 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 14.6 / 20
4.5k 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
- 214
- Last 90 days
- 791
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 45 tools in Software Development - Project Management by health , between GitLab (#9) and Review Board (#11) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby, Docker |
| Latest release | october-2026 · 29 days ago |
| Stars | 4,490 |
| Open issues | 54 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | octobox/octobox ↗ |
Octobox vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Octobox (Software Development - Project Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gitea | 99 | 59k | MIT | today |
| Plane | 99 | 62k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| OpenProject | 97 | 17k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Octobox (this tool) | 95 | 4.5k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| gitbucket | 86 | 9.4k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Ideon | 83 | 668 | AGPL-3.0 | 8 days ago |
Octobox: common questions
Is Octobox still maintained?
Octobox had 214 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, october-2026, is from 29 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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