OTS
One-Time-Secret sharing platform with a symmetric 256bit AES encryption in the browser.
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Still maintained? Yes: 149 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.23.1 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
OTS quick facts
- Health score
- 82/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 808
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.23.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "ots is a one-time-secret sharing platform. The secret is encrypted with a symmetric 256bit AES encryption in the browser before being sent to the server. Afterwards an URL containing the ID of the secret and the password is generated. The password is never sent to the server so the server will never be able to decrypt the secrets it delivers with a reasonable effort. Also the secret is immediately deleted on the first read."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OTS scores 82/100, #26 of 44 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: 149 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.23.1, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 808 stars add 11.6 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
149 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.23.1 released 7 days ago
- Stars 11.6 / 20
808 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
- 149
- Last 90 days
- 703
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #26 of 44 tools in Communication - Custom Communication Systems by health , between Hyphanet (#25) and Tiledesk (#27) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | v1.23.1 · 7 days ago |
| Stars | 808 |
| Open issues | 10 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | Luzifer/ots ↗ |
OTS vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with OTS (Communication - Custom Communication Systems), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket.Chat | 99 | 46k | MIT | today |
| Chatwoot | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Mattermost | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Novu | 98 | 40k | MIT | today |
| SimpleX Chat | 87 | 20k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| OTS (this tool) | 82 | 808 | Apache-2.0 | today |
OTS: common questions
Is OTS still maintained?
OTS had 149 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.23.1, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.