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Still maintained? Yes: 179 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.26.4 (Oct 2026).

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Docker #10 of 33 in Analytics

At a glance

Shaper quick facts

Health score
92/100 GOOD
Stars
1,267
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v0.26.4, Oct 2026
Licence
MPL-2.0

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Open source, SQL-first data dashboards, reports and customer-facing analytics."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Shaper scores 92/100, #10 of 33 in Analytics: 179 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.26.4, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,267 stars add 12.4 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 7.6 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    179 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v0.26.4 released yesterday

  • Stars biggest shortfall 12.4 / 20

    1.3k 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

593 commits over the last 12 months
179
Last 90 days
593
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #10 of 33 tools in Analytics by health , between GoModel (#9) and Superset (#11) .

Details

LicenceMPL-2.0
PlatformsDocker, Nodejs, Python, Go
Latest releasev0.26.4 · yesterday
Stars1,267
Open issues16
DockerYes
Repositorytaleshape-com/shaper ↗

Shaper vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Shaper (Analytics), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Metabase 99 50k AGPL-3.0 today
Postiz 98 40k AGPL-3.0 today
Redash 98 29k BSD-2-Clause today
Shaper (this tool) 92 1.3k MPL-2.0 today
HitKeep 88 102 MIT 2 days ago
Litlyx 51 1.7k Apache-2.0 11 months ago

Shaper: common questions

Is Shaper still maintained?

Shaper had 179 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v0.26.4, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.