re:Director
Simple domain redirection management tool.
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Still maintained? Yes: 72 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.0.11 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
re:Director quick facts
- Health score
- 87/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 49
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.0.11, Sep 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A powerful, yet simple to use, self-hosted redirect service."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
re:Director scores 87/100, #34 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 72 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (0.0.11, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 49 stars add 6.8 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 13.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
72 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
0.0.11 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 6.8 / 20
49 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
- 72
- Last 90 days
- 126
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #34 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between CyberChef (#33) and Zero-TOTP (#35) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Java, Docker |
| Latest release | 0.0.11 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 49 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | re-Director/re-director ↗ |
re:Director vs its top 5 alternatives
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| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| Anubis | 98 | 24k | MIT | yesterday |
| Infisical Community Edition | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| Domain Locker | 93 | 1.6k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| re:Director (this tool) | 87 | 49 | Apache-2.0 | 3 days ago |
re:Director: common questions
Is re:Director still maintained?
re:Director had 72 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, 0.0.11, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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