yarn.social
Self-Hosted, Twitter™-like Decentralised micro-logging platform. No ads, no tracking, your content, your data.
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Still maintained? Yes: 2 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 0.16.0 (Jul 2026).
Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.
At a glance
yarn.social quick facts
- Health score
- 42/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 18
- Last commit
- 3 months ago (Aug 2026)
- Latest release
- 0.16.0, Jul 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
yarn.social scores 42/100, #39 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 2 commits in the last 90 days earn 2.3 of 35 points, the latest release (0.16.0, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 18 stars add 5.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 32.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the git.mills.io API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 2.3 / 35
2 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
0.16.0 released 4 months ago
- Stars 5.1 / 20
18 stars on git.mills.io (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 2
- Last 90 days
- 19
- Last 12 months
- 3 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #39 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between diaspora* (#38) and AsmBB (#40) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | 0.16.0 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 18 |
| Open issues | 6 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | git.mills.io/yarnsocial/yarn ↗ |
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yarn.social: common questions
Is yarn.social still maintained?
yarn.social had 2 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 months ago; the latest tagged release, 0.16.0, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.