OpenRemote
IoT Asset management, Flow Rules and WHEN-THEN rules, Data visualization, Edge Gateway.
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Still maintained? Yes: 227 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.33.0 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
OpenRemote quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,940
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.33.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Source · Documentation · Forum · Issues · Docker Images · OpenRemote Inc."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OpenRemote scores 83/100, #13 of 20 in Internet of Things (IoT): 227 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.33.0, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,940 stars add 13.2 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
227 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.33.0 released 3 days ago
- Stars 13.2 / 20
1.9k 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
- 227
- Last 90 days
- 712
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 20 tools in Internet of Things (IoT) by health , between ioBroker (#12) and Onloc (#14) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Java |
| Latest release | 1.33.0 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 1,940 |
| Open issues | 444 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | openremote/openremote ↗ |
OpenRemote vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with OpenRemote (Internet of Things (IoT)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node RED | 98 | 24k | Apache-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| Thingsboard | 97 | 23k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Tasmota | 88 | 25k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ioBroker | 83 | 1.4k | MIT | yesterday |
| OpenRemote (this tool) | 83 | 1.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| WebThings Gateway | 44 | 2.6k | MPL-2.0 | 1 month ago |
OpenRemote: common questions
Is OpenRemote still maintained?
OpenRemote had 227 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 1.33.0, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.