LimeSurvey
Feature-rich web-based polling software. Supports extensive survey logic.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 81% of tracked projects; popularity more than 61%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 3.7k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | PHP |
Is LimeSurvey actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 1108 commits, of which 407 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 136 commits a month.
No tagged releases are published, so there is no stable version to pin to — you would deploy from the default branch or a container image built from it.
Of the 21 projects we track in Polls and Events, LimeSurvey ranks #5 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What LimeSurvey actually does
LimeSurvey is a web-based polling and survey application written in PHP. It allows you to create, publish, and collect responses for questionnaires that require complex branching and conditional logic. Data is stored on your own infrastructure under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Best fit: This is a suitable choice if you need to run structured questionnaires with advanced skip patterns and conditional logic on your own infrastructure.
Worth knowing: The user interface can feel dated and configuration requires managing a traditional PHP application stack alongside a relational database.
Deployment notes
You will typically need a standard LAMP or LEMP stack with a dedicated database like MySQL or PostgreSQL, plus a reverse proxy configured for TLS termination.
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