WorkAdventure
Virtual office / virtual conference application presented as a 16-bit RPG video game.
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Still maintained? Yes: 595 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.34.5 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: Slack alternatives, WhatsApp alternatives, Microsoft Teams alternatives, Discord alternatives.
At a glance
WorkAdventure quick facts
- Health score
- 95/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 5,899
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.34.5, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0, Commons-Clause
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "WorkAdventure is a platform that allows you to design fully customizable collaborative virtual worlds (metaverse)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
WorkAdventure scores 95/100, #10 of 44 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: 595 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.34.5, 3 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 5,899 stars add 15.1 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 4.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
595 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.34.5 released 3 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.1 / 20
5.9k 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
- 595
- Last 90 days
- 1,624
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #10 of 44 tools in Communication - Custom Communication Systems by health , between Typebot (#9) and AnyCable (#11) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0, Commons-Clause |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v1.34.5 · 3 days ago |
| Stars | 5,899 |
| Open issues | 724 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | workadventure/workadventure ↗ |
WorkAdventure vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with WorkAdventure (Communication - Custom Communication Systems), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket.Chat | 99 | 46k | MIT | today |
| Chatwoot | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Mattermost | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Novu | 98 | 40k | MIT | today |
| ntfy | 98 | 35k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| WorkAdventure (this tool) | 95 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
WorkAdventure: common questions
Is WorkAdventure still maintained?
WorkAdventure had 595 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.34.5, is from 3 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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