Haven
Haven is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Blogging Platforms category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Ruby. It is a self-hosted alternative to Medium. It has 812 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 4, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 812
- Forks
- 50
- Open issues
- 16
- Commits, last 12 months
- 33
- Last commit
- Oct 4, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Jan 19, 2021
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 4, 2026, 33 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 4, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 33 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 16 |
| Open pull requests | 3 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 19, 2021 |
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About Haven
Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/havenweb/haven.
Topics
- self-hosted
- social-network
- decentralized
- decentralized-web
- raspberry-pi
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Is Haven free and open source?
Yes. Haven is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Haven with Docker?
Haven does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Ruby), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Haven?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Haven include Ghost, WriteFreely and Ech0. Haven itself is a self-hosted alternative to Medium.
Is Haven actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Haven was on Oct 4, 2026 with 33 commits in the past twelve months. It had 16 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.