Thumbor
A smart imaging service and enables on-demand cropping, resizing, applying filters and optimizing images.
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Still maintained? Yes: 122 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 7.8.0 (May 2026).
Comparisons in Photo Galleries: Google Photos alternatives.
At a glance
Thumbor quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 10,528
- Last commit
- 5 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 7.8.0, May 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Thumbor scores 96/100, #5 of 25 in Photo Galleries: 122 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (7.8.0, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 10,528 stars add 16.1 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 3.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
122 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
7.8.0 released 5 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 16.1 / 20
11k 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
- 122
- Last 90 days
- 197
- Last 12 months
- 5 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 25 tools in Photo Galleries by health , between LibrePhotos (#4) and Lychee (#6) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | 7.8.0 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 10,528 |
| Open issues | 3 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | thumbor/thumbor ↗ |
Thumbor vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Thumbor (Photo Galleries), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immich | 100 | 118k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| Ente | 98 | 30k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| PhotoPrism | 98 | 40k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Thumbor (this tool) | 96 | 11k | MIT | 5 days ago |
| This week in past | 88 | 103 | MIT | yesterday |
| Damselfly | 53 | 1.8k | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
Thumbor: common questions
Is Thumbor still maintained?
Thumbor had 122 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 days ago; the latest tagged release, 7.8.0, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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