Open Food Network
Online marketplace for local food. It enables a network of independent online food stores that connect farmers and food hubs with individuals and local businesses.
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Still maintained? Yes: 825 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v5.8.1 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Open Food Network quick facts
- Health score
- 82/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,301
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v5.8.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Open Food Network
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Open Food Network scores 82/100, #3 of 8 in Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA): 825 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v5.8.1, 4 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,301 stars add 12.5 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
825 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v5.8.1 released 4 days ago
- Stars 12.5 / 20
1.3k 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
- 825
- Last 90 days
- 3,100
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 8 tools in Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) by health , between Hive-Pal (#2) and juntagrico (#4) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | v5.8.1 · 4 days ago |
| Stars | 1,301 |
| Open issues | 581 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork ↗ |
Open Food Network vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Open Food Network (Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FoodCoopShop | 88 | 124 | AGPL-3.0 | 8 days ago |
| Hive-Pal | 86 | 37 | MIT | yesterday |
| Open Food Network (this tool) | 82 | 1.3k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| juntagrico | 77 | 55 | LGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Foodsoft | 74 | 359 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| OpenOlitor | 56 | 20 | AGPL-3.0 | 3 months ago |
Open Food Network: common questions
Is Open Food Network still maintained?
Open Food Network had 825 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v5.8.1, is from 4 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.