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The ranking includes open/source-visible tools only and sorts first by ToolVitals score, with GitHub stars used as a secondary popularity signal when scores tie. The labels matter: tools listed as OSI-approved OSS are described that way with their license_label, while no fair-code, source-available, or open-core claims are treated as OSI open source.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nextcloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Floci | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 100 | 0 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Storj | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 96 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Coolify | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 93 | 100 | 56313 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Olares | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 91 | 100 | 0 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | OpenCloud | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 90 | 100 | 0 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Puter | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 93 | 0 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Dokku | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 90 | 98 | 0 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Frappe Cloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 88 | 100 | 0 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Otomi | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 87 | 98 | 2253 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Namespace | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 93 | 87 | 0 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | PicPeak | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 89 | 98 | 0 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Slink | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 88 | 95 | 0 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | Convox | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 81 | 95 | 174 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | OxiCloud | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 88 | 93 | 0 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Temps | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 81 | 95 | 0 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | Spinifex | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 83 | 95 | 18 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Ech0 | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 83 | 95 | 0 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | CloudFlare ImgBed | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 84 | 90 | 5234 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | Uncloud | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 84 | 81 | 5193 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Reviactyl | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 78 | 90 | 0 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Nixopus | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 79 | 84 | 0 | 85 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Juno | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 79 | 76 | 0 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | Emberly | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 80 | 73 | 4 | 83 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | Runtipi | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 84 | 66 | 0 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | Ubicloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 83 | 72 | 0 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | Owncloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 81 | 67 | 8790 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | Hestia Control Panel | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 81 | 70 | 4356 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | Cipi | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 77 | 76 | 0 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | GoDoxy | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 67 | 88 | 3277 | 79 | 🟢 Good |
| 31 | Qovery | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 80 | 62 | 2445 | 78 | 🟢 Good |
| 32 | YunoHost | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 83 | 54 | 0 | 78 | 🟢 Good |
| 33 | Game Server | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 70 | 69 | 10 | 77 | 🟢 Good |
| 34 | Froxlor | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 81 | 57 | 0 | 77 | 🟢 Good |
| 35 | Websoft9 | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 79 | 55 | 2118 | 76 | 🟢 Good |
| 36 | PinMe | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 68 | 61 | 3608 | 73 | 🟢 Good |
| 37 | Cloudreve | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 80 | 46 | 0 | 73 | 🟢 Good |
| 38 | SkyPanelV2 | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 68 | 69 | 2 | 71 | 🟢 Good |
| 39 | KubeSphere | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 73 | 51 | 16952 | 70 | 🟢 Good |
| 40 | CapRover | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 67 | 46 | 0 | 69 | 🟢 Good |
| 41 | QuickStack | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 65 | 49 | 338 | 68 | 🟢 Good |
| 42 | gogs | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 65 | 51 | 0 | 68 | 🟢 Good |
| 43 | SellYourSaas | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 64 | 44 | 0 | 64 | 🟢 Good |
| 44 | Openinary | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 59 | 41 | 0 | 62 | 🟢 Good |
| 45 | Panelica | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 57 | 37 | 16 | 61 | 🟢 Good |
| 46 | Erda | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 56 | 34 | 2739 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 47 | dyrector.io | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 67 | 21 | 0 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 48 | OpenFaaS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 56 | 24 | 26173 | 57 | 🟡 Fair |
| 49 | FastCP | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 49 | 24 | 0 | 52 | 🟡 Fair |
| 50 | PteroCA Panel | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 47 | 20 | 0 | 52 | 🟡 Fair |
Top 3 Highlights
Nextcloud ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 100, health score of 100, and shipping score of 100.
Floci ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98, health score of 95, and shipping score of 100.
Storj ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 98, health score of 96, and shipping score of 98.
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