OpenELIS Global
Laboratory information system (LIS/LIMS) for clinical, public health, environmental and vector surveillance labs. FHIR-native, with analyzer integration (ASTM/HL7), quality control and national-scale reporting.
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Still maintained? Yes: 473 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 3.3.0 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
OpenELIS Global quick facts
- Health score
- 90/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 280
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.3.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "OpenELIS Global is open enterprise-level laboratory information system software tailored for public health laboratories. OpenELIS is used at a national scale in a variety of settings, from small general hospital labs, all the way up to national reference labs, and all sizes in between."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OpenELIS Global scores 90/100, #6 of 8 in Health and Fitness: 473 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (3.3.0, 10 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 280 stars add 9.8 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 10.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
473 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
3.3.0 released 10 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 9.8 / 20
280 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
- 473
- Last 90 days
- 610
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 8 tools in Health and Fitness by health , between NutriTrace (#5) and Endurain (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Java, Docker |
| Latest release | 3.3.0 · 10 days ago |
| Stars | 280 |
| Open issues | 264 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | DIGI-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2 ↗ |
OpenELIS Global vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with OpenELIS Global (Health and Fitness), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenEMR | 95 | 5.6k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| wger | 95 | 7.2k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| FitTrackee | 92 | 1.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 9 days ago |
| Mere Medical | 90 | 321 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| NutriTrace | 90 | 361 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| OpenELIS Global (this tool) | 90 | 280 | MPL-2.0 | today |
OpenELIS Global: common questions
Is OpenELIS Global still maintained?
OpenELIS Global had 473 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 3.3.0, is from 10 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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