Tipi
Homeserver manager. One command setup, one click installs for your favorites self-hosted apps.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 22 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.11.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Self-hosting Solutions: Cloudron Cloud alternatives, Heroku alternatives.
At a glance
Tipi quick facts
- Health score
- 77/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 9,712
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.11.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Runtipi is a personal homeserver orchestrator that makes it easy to manage and run multiple services on a single server. It is based on Docker and comes with a simple web interface to manage your services. Runtipi is designed to be easy to use, so you don't have to worry about manual configuration or networking. Simply install Runtipi on your server and use the web interface to add and manage services."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Tipi scores 77/100, #12 of 28 in Self-hosting Solutions: 22 commits in the last 90 days earn 25.7 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.11.0, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 9,712 stars add 15.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 25.7 / 35
22 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.11.0 released 9 days ago
- Stars 15.9 / 20
9.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 22
- Last 90 days
- 164
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 28 tools in Self-hosting Solutions by health , between HomeServerHQ (#11) and HomelabOS (#13) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Shell |
| Latest release | v4.11.0 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 9,712 |
| Open issues | 70 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | runtipi/runtipi ↗ |
Tipi vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Tipi (Self-hosting Solutions), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HomeButler | 90 | 313 | MIT | yesterday |
| DockSTARTer | 83 | 2.6k | MIT | 9 days ago |
| Websoft9 | 83 | 2.1k | LGPL-3.0 | today |
| Tipi (this tool) | 77 | 9.7k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Cloudron | 61 | 34 | ⊘ Proprietary | yesterday |
| Nirvati | 46 | 1 | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
Tipi: common questions
Is Tipi still maintained?
Tipi had 22 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v4.11.0, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.