OliveTin
Web interface for running Linux shell commands.
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Still maintained? Yes: 110 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 3000.21.0 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
OliveTin quick facts
- Health score
- 84/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 3,860
- Last commit
- 6 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 3000.21.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "OliveTin gives safe and simple access to predefined shell commands from a web interface."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OliveTin scores 84/100, #18 of 32 in Automation: 110 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (3000.21.0, 6 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,860 stars add 14.3 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
110 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
3000.21.0 released 6 days ago
- Stars 14.3 / 20
3.9k 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
- 110
- Last 90 days
- 735
- Last 12 months
- 6 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 32 tools in Automation by health , between Leon (#17) and pyLoad (#19) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | 3000.21.0 · 6 days ago |
| Stars | 3,860 |
| Open issues | 19 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | OliveTin/OliveTin ↗ |
OliveTin vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with OliveTin (Automation), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Airflow | 99 | 47k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Activepieces | 98 | 25k | MIT | today |
| changedetection.io | 98 | 35k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Kestra | 98 | 30k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Dagu | 95 | 4.5k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| OliveTin (this tool) | 84 | 3.9k | AGPL-3.0 | 6 days ago |
OliveTin: common questions
Is OliveTin still maintained?
OliveTin had 110 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 days ago; the latest tagged release, 3000.21.0, is from 6 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.