Scribble.rs
A web-based pictionary game.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 2 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.9.14 (May 2026).
At a glance
Scribble.rs quick facts
- Health score
- 59/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 666
- Last commit
- 2 months ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.9.14, May 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Scribble.rs is a free and privacy respecting pictionary game. There's no advertisements and you don't need an account to play."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Scribble.rs scores 59/100, #11 of 20 in Games: 2 commits in the last 90 days earn 2.3 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.9.14, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 666 stars add 11.3 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 32.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 2.3 / 35
2 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.9.14 released 5 months ago
- Stars 11.3 / 20
666 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
- 2
- Last 90 days
- 54
- Last 12 months
- 2 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 20 tools in Games by health , between The Battle for Wesnoth (#10) and MTA:SA (#12) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.9.14 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 666 |
| Open issues | 28 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | scribble-rs/scribble.rs ↗ |
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Scribble.rs: common questions
Is Scribble.rs still maintained?
Scribble.rs had 2 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 months ago; the latest tagged release, v0.9.14, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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