Sharetribe

Is Sharetribe actively maintained?

Sharetribe logged 47 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.

The most recent tagged release, v14.0.0, is about 5 months old.

Sharetribe ranks #23 of 25 tracked e-commerce projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.

What Sharetribe actually does

Sharetribe is a platform designed to let you build and operate peer-to-peer marketplaces where multiple buyers and sellers transact. It provides the underlying infrastructure for managing listings, user profiles, and commerce workflows. The codebase is written in Ruby.

Best fit: It is a suitable option if you want to launch a custom rental, service-booking, or goods-trading marketplace with an open-source codebase. It fits teams comfortable with customising Ruby applications.

Worth knowing: The software is distributed under a proprietary licence rather than a standard open-source licence, which may restrict how you can deploy or commercialise it. Maintenance activity is also slowing, so you may need to handle updates and security patches independently.

Deployment notes

As a Ruby application, it typically requires a relational database such as PostgreSQL, a reverse proxy for TLS termination, and persistent storage for user uploads. You will also need to manage background job processors and process managers like Puma or Unicorn.

Links

• Official website
• Source code