Habitica
Habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 49% of tracked projects; popularity more than 83%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 14k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v5.50.6 · 24 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker |
Is Habitica actively maintained?
Habitica is under active development: 260 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 32 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, v5.50.6, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 77 projects we track in Miscellaneous, Habitica ranks #12 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Habitica actually does
Habitica is a habit tracker application that incorporates role-playing game mechanics into goal management. It motivates users to complete daily routines and tasks by rewarding progress within a fictional game context. The project is open source, licensed under GPL-3.0 and CC-BY-SA-3.0, and has gathered over 14,000 repository stars.
Best fit: This is well suited for individuals who want to experiment with gamified personal productivity systems and prefer managing their tasks via self-hosted infrastructure.
Worth knowing: Self-hosting requires managing a Node.js-based stack with active development, which may introduce maintenance overhead when handling updates and dependencies.
Deployment notes
Deployment is typically handled via Docker containers, which usually require persistent volumes for data storage and a reverse proxy to manage HTTPS termination.
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