OpenTTD
Transport tycoon simulation game.
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Still maintained? Yes: 209 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 15.3 (Apr 2026).
At a glance
OpenTTD quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,440
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 15.3, Apr 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "OpenTTD is a transport simulation game based upon the popular game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OpenTTD scores 94/100, #1 of 20 in Games: 209 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (15.3, 7 months ago) earns 23.6 of 25, 8,440 stars add 15.7 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 4.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
209 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 23.6 / 25
15.3 released 7 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.7 / 20
8.4k 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
- 209
- Last 90 days
- 1,418
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 20 tools in Games by health , just above Razzia (#2) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | C++, Docker |
| Latest release | 15.3 · 7 months ago |
| Stars | 8,440 |
| Open issues | 218 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | OpenTTD/OpenTTD ↗ |
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OpenTTD: common questions
Is OpenTTD still maintained?
OpenTTD had 209 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 15.3, is from 7 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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