Open Food Network
Online marketplace for local food. It enables a network of independent online food stores that connect farmers and food hubs with individuals and local businesses.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 93% of tracked projects; popularity more than 39%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.3k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v5.7.14 · 27 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 26 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Ruby |
Is Open Food Network actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 2753 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 939 of them.
The most recent tagged release, v5.7.14, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Among the 8 community-supported agriculture (csa) projects we track, Open Food Network currently has the highest health score.
What Open Food Network actually does
Open Food Network is a platform for running online marketplaces focused on local food distribution. It connects independent farmers and food hubs directly with individual consumers and local businesses through a networked store system. The software is written in Ruby and available under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Best fit: Ideal for agricultural cooperatives, local food hubs, and community-supported agriculture networks wanting to operate their own cooperative digital marketplace.
Worth knowing: The AGPL-3.0 licence carries strict copyleft implications if you modify the code and offer it as a service over a network, and running a multi-vendor marketplace introduces significant operational complexity.
Deployment notes
As a Ruby application, it typically requires a relational database like PostgreSQL, a background job processor, and a reverse proxy such as Nginx or Caddy to handle TLS termination.
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