Raneto
Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Mar 2026.
Comparisons in Wikis: Confluence alternatives.
At a glance
Raneto quick facts
- Health score
- 46/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,904
- Last commit
- 8 months ago (Mar 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.18.1, Mar 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Raneto is a free, open, simple Markdown-powered knowledge base for Node.js. Find out more → Live Demo → Documentation →."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Raneto scores 46/100, #18 of 24 in Wikis: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.18.1, 8 months ago) earns 22.5 of 25, 2,904 stars add 13.9 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 commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 22.5 / 25
0.18.1 released 8 months ago
- Stars 13.9 / 20
2.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 44
- Last 12 months
- 8 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 24 tools in Wikis by health , between Tiki (#17) and Feather Wiki (#19) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | 0.18.1 · 8 months ago |
| Stars | 2,904 |
| Open issues | 88 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | ryanlelek/Raneto ↗ |
Raneto vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Raneto (Wikis), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outline | 98 | 41k | BUSL-1.1 | today |
| Wiki.js | 98 | 29k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Otter Wiki | 93 | 1.6k | MIT | 5 days ago |
| LeafWiki | 92 | 1.2k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| WikiDocs | 90 | 533 | MIT | 5 days ago |
| Raneto (this tool) | 46 | 2.9k | MIT | 8 months ago |
Raneto: common questions
Is Raneto still maintained?
Raneto had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 months ago; the latest tagged release, 0.18.1, is from 8 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.