Spoolman
Keep track of your inventory of 3D-printer filament spools.
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Still maintained? Yes: 451 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.27.0 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Octoprint Cloud.
At a glance
Spoolman quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,960
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.27.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Spoolman
Full rankings: Octoprint Cloud alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Spoolman scores 94/100, #5 of 13 in Inventory Management: 451 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.27.0, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,960 stars add 13.9 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 6.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
451 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.27.0 released 1 month ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.9 / 20
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
- 451
- Last 90 days
- 733
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 13 tools in Inventory Management by health , between Bigcapital (#4) and Part-DB (#6) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Python |
| Latest release | v0.27.0 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 2,960 |
| Open issues | 158 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | Donkie/Spoolman ↗ |
Spoolman vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Spoolman (Inventory Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia) | 96 | 7.7k | AGPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
| Octoprint | 96 | 9.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Spoolman (this tool) | 94 | 3k | MIT | yesterday |
| Fluidd | 93 | 1.8k | GPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| Mainsail | 93 | 2.2k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| CNCjs | 66 | 2.7k | MIT | 1 month ago |
Spoolman: common questions
What does Spoolman replace?
Repoly lists Spoolman as an open-source alternative to Octoprint Cloud. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Spoolman stands against the others.
Is Spoolman still maintained?
Spoolman had 451 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.27.0, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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