Manyfold vs Spoolman

Both are self-hosted manufacturing projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Manyfold scores 86 against Spoolman's 76, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume. That measures project health, not feature fit — Spoolman may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Manyfold	Spoolman
Health score	86/100	76/100
Commits (11 mo)	4455	555
Commits (last 3 mo)	1341	486
Stars	2.2k	2.9k
Latest release	22 Sept 2026	25 Sept 2026
Licence	MIT	MIT
Built with	Docker	Docker, Python
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

Manyfold

Digital asset manager for 3d print files; STL, OBJ, 3MF and more.

86/100

Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 38/40

Releases 25/25

Community 10/20

Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 96% of tracked projects; popularity more than 51%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Spoolman

Keep track of your inventory of 3D-printer filament spools.

76/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 27/40

Releases 25/25

Community 11/20

Momentum 13/15

Commit activity more than 66% of tracked projects; popularity more than 56%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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