qpixel
Q&A-based community knowledge-sharing software.
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Still maintained? Yes: 155 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.13.0 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.
At a glance
qpixel quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 444
- Last commit
- 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.13.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Rails-based version of our core software, powering codidact.com. Currently under active development towards MVP."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
qpixel scores 81/100, #22 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 155 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.13.0, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 444 stars add 10.6 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
155 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.13.0 released 2 months ago
- Stars 10.6 / 20
444 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
- 155
- Last 90 days
- 929
- Last 12 months
- 4 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #22 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Artalk (#21) and Isso (#23) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | v0.13.0 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 444 |
| Open issues | 403 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | codidact/qpixel ↗ |
qpixel vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with qpixel (Communication - Social Networks and Forums), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discourse | 99 | 48k | GPL-2.0 | today |
| Answer | 97 | 16k | Apache-2.0 | 9 days ago |
| Lemmy | 97 | 15k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Simple Machines Forum | 82 | 755 | BSD-3-Clause | yesterday |
| qpixel (this tool) | 81 | 444 | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Talkyard | 58 | 1.8k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 months ago |
qpixel: common questions
Is qpixel still maintained?
qpixel had 155 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.13.0, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.