Revive Adserver

Ad serving system. Formerly known as OpenX Adserver and phpAdsNew.

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Slowing

Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.

Maintenance 17/40
Releases 13/25
Community 8/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 42% of tracked projects; popularity more than 42%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 15 commits 2025-11: 52 commits 2025-12: 14 commits 2026-01: 17 commits 2026-02: 9 commits 2026-03: 24 commits 2026-04: 9 commits 2026-05: 13 commits 2026-06: 24 commits 2026-07: 6 commits 2026-08: 5 commits
2025-10 188 total 2026-08
Stars1.5k
Latest release—
Repo updated14 Sept 2026
LicenceGPL-2.0
Built withPHP

Is Revive Adserver actively maintained?

Revive Adserver is under active development: 188 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 12 commits a month in the most recent quarter.

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.

Revive Adserver ranks #48 of 77 tracked miscellaneous projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.

What Revive Adserver actually does

Revive Adserver is an open-source ad serving system used to manage online advertising campaigns, banners, and zones across websites. Formerly known as OpenX Adserver and phpAdsNew, it provides infrastructure for publishers and advertisers to track impressions, clicks, and statistics. It operates as a self-hosted platform to run and monitor digital ad inventory.

Best fit: It is a suitable fit for website publishers and network operators who need a self-hosted platform to manage and deliver direct-sold digital advertisements and track basic campaign metrics.

Worth knowing: The development activity is slowing down, and the lack of recent tagged releases suggests you may need to rely heavily on the community or patch security issues yourself.

Deployment notes

Because it is built with PHP, you will typically need to deploy it alongside a web server like Nginx or Apache, a database such as MySQL or MariaDB, and ensure persistent storage for uploaded ad creatives and log files.


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