Retrom
Private cloud game library distribution server + frontend/launcher.
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Still maintained? Yes: 8 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.8.4 (Jun 2026).
At a glance
Retrom quick facts
- Health score
- 68/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,102
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.8.4, Jun 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Retrom is a centralized game library management service that allows you to host your games on a single device, and connect clients on any amount of other devices to (un)install/download and play them when and where you want to! Think of it as a sort of self-hosted Steam for your DRM-free game library."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Retrom scores 68/100, #14 of 20 in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels: 8 commits in the last 90 days earn 9.3 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.8.4, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,102 stars add 13.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 25.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 9.3 / 35
8 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.8.4 released 5 months ago
- Stars 13.3 / 20
2.1k 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
- 8
- Last 90 days
- 232
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 20 tools in Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels by health , between PufferPanel (#13) and Gameyfin (#15) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Rust |
| Latest release | v0.8.4 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 2,102 |
| Open issues | 65 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | JMBeresford/retrom ↗ |
Retrom vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Retrom (Games - Administrative Utilities & Control Panels), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine | 99 | 43k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Ownfoil | 92 | 950 | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Crafty Controller | 90 | 255 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| Drop | 87 | 761 | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Retrom (this tool) | 68 | 2.1k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Gameyfin | 67 | 1.1k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
Retrom: common questions
Is Retrom still maintained?
Retrom had 8 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.8.4, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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