Pleroma
Federated microblogging server, Mastodon, GNU social, & ActivityPub compatible.
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Still maintained? Yes: 175 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.10.0 (Dec 2025).
Also an alternative to Twitter.
At a glance
Pleroma quick facts
- Health score
- 68/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 6
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.10.0, Dec 2025
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Pleroma
Full rankings: Twitter alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Pleroma scores 68/100, #28 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 175 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.10.0, 10 months ago) earns 19.3 of 25, 6 stars add 3.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 16.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the git.pleroma.social API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
175 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 19.3 / 25
v2.10.0 released 10 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 3.4 / 20
6 stars on git.pleroma.social (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 175
- Last 90 days
- 341
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #28 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between OSSN (#27) and Enigma 1/2 BBS (#29) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Elixir |
| Latest release | v2.10.0 · 10 months ago |
| Stars | 6 |
| Open issues | 360 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma ↗ |
Pleroma vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Pleroma (Communication - Social Networks and Forums), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misskey | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| GoToSocial | 91 | 692 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Mastodon | 89 | 50k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Akkoma | 83 | 71 | AGPL-3.0 | 25 days ago |
| Friendica | 83 | 1.7k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Pleroma (this tool) | 68 | 6 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
Pleroma: common questions
What does Pleroma replace?
Repoly lists Pleroma as an open-source alternative to Twitter. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Pleroma stands against the others.
Is Pleroma still maintained?
Pleroma had 175 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v2.10.0, is from 10 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.