Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™
HTML5 Network Performance Estimation Tool.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Apr 2026.
Also an alternative to Speedtest.net.
At a glance
Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ quick facts
- Health score
- 34/100 STALE
- Stars
- 3,838
- Last commit
- 6 months ago (Apr 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "SpeedTest by OpenSpeedTest™ is a Free and Open-Source HTML5 Network Performance Estimation Tool Written in Vanilla Javascript and only uses built-in Web APIs like XMLHttpRequest (XHR), HTML, CSS, JS, & SVG. No Third-Party frameworks or libraries are Required. All we need is a static web server like NGINX. I started this project in 2011 and moved to OpenSpeedTest.com dedicated Project/Domain Name in 2013."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ scores 34/100, #11 of 11 in Network Utilities: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 3,838 stars add 14.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the stale band (below 40). 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 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 14.3 / 20
3.8k 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
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 1
- Last 12 months
- 6 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 11 tools in Network Utilities by health , just below Wakupator (#10) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 3,838 |
| Open issues | 56 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | openspeedtest/Speed-Test ↗ |
Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ (Network Utilities), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MyIP | 96 | 12k | MIT | today |
| NetAlertX | 95 | 7.3k | GPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Upsnap | 85 | 6.4k | MIT | 20 days ago |
| Speedtest Tracker | 75 | 6k | MIT | 4 days ago |
| MySpeed | 69 | 3k | MIT | 4 days ago |
| Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ (this tool) | 34 | 3.8k | MIT | 6 months ago |
Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™: common questions
What does Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ replace?
Repoly lists Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ as an open-source alternative to Speedtest.net. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ stands against the others.
Is Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ still maintained?
Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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