farmOS
Web-based farm record keeping application.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 64% of tracked projects; popularity more than 40%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.4k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 4.0.6 · 16 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | PHP, Docker |
Is farmOS actively maintained?
farmOS is under active development: 509 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 9 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 65% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, 4.0.6, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
farmOS ranks #7 of 9 tracked resource planning projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What farmOS actually does
farmOS is a web application designed for recording and managing agricultural data and field activities. It provides a structured digital workspace within the resource planning category to help track farm operations over time. The project is built with PHP and packaged for containerised environments.
Best fit: It suits agricultural operations and land managers looking for a self-hosted, open-source tool under a GPL-2.0 licence to maintain their own records.
Worth knowing: As an active PHP application with a moderate maintenance cadence, you will need to manage your own software updates, database backups, and security hardening.
Deployment notes
Because it runs on PHP and Docker, you will typically need to provision persistent volumes for data storage and configure a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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