Omeka
Create complex narratives and share rich collections, adhering to Dublin Core standards with Omeka on your server, designed for scholars, museums, libraries, archives, and enthusiasts.
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Still maintained? Yes: 58 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.2.2 (Sep 2026).
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At a glance
Omeka quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 556
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.2.2, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "© 2016-present Corporation for Digital Scholarship, 2008-2016 Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Omeka scores 81/100, #24 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 58 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.2.2, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 556 stars add 11.0 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
58 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.2.2 released 1 month ago
- Stars 11.0 / 20
556 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
- 58
- Last 90 days
- 95
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #24 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between Bolt CMS (#23) and SilverStripe (#25) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v3.2.2 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 556 |
| Open issues | 159 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | omeka/Omeka ↗ |
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Omeka: common questions
Is Omeka still maintained?
Omeka had 58 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v3.2.2, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.