Open Archiver
Email archiving solution with full-text search and eDiscovery search features.
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Still maintained? Yes: 22 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.6.2 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Wayback Machine.
At a glance
Open Archiver quick facts
- Health score
- 84/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,444
- Last commit
- 6 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.6.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Open Archiver
Full rankings: Wayback Machine alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "A secure, sovereign, and open-source platform for email archiving."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Open Archiver scores 84/100, #12 of 19 in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP): 22 commits in the last 90 days earn 25.7 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.6.2, 6 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,444 stars add 13.6 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 commit activity, worth 9.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 25.7 / 35
22 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.6.2 released 6 days ago
- Stars 13.6 / 20
2.4k 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
- 22
- Last 90 days
- 42
- Last 12 months
- 6 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 19 tools in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP) by health , between Eonvelope (#11) and ArchivesSpace (#13) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v0.6.2 · 6 days ago |
| Stars | 2,444 |
| Open issues | 187 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | LogicLabs-OU/OpenArchiver ↗ |
Open Archiver vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Open Archiver (Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless-ngx | 99 | 47k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ArchiveBox | 98 | 29k | MIT | yesterday |
| Bichon | 93 | 2.1k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Open Archiver (this tool) | 84 | 2.4k | AGPL-3.0 | 6 days ago |
| Omeka S | 81 | 528 | GPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
| bitmagnet | 40 | 4.4k | MIT | 3 months ago |
Open Archiver: common questions
What does Open Archiver replace?
Repoly lists Open Archiver as an open-source alternative to Wayback Machine. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Open Archiver stands against the others.
Is Open Archiver still maintained?
Open Archiver had 22 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.6.2, is from 6 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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