Open source web-application projects

Every project in the registry tagged web-application, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 5 combined stars ★ 70K refresh nightly
01 Ghost ★ 55K

Publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and paid memberships

last push3 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
02 writefreely ★ 5.3K

A clean, Markdown-based publishing platform made for writers. Write together and build a community.

last push13 days ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
03 hledger ★ 4.7K

Robust, fast, intuitive plain text accounting tool with CLI, TUI and web interfaces.

last push4 hours ago languageHaskell licenseGPL-3.0
04 Piwigo ★ 3.9K

Organize thousands of photos with ease

last push17 days ago languagePHP licenseGPL-2.0
05 OpenBudgeteer ★ 973

OpenBudgeteer is a budgeting app based on the Bucket Budgeting Principle

last push8 months ago languageC# licenseAGPL-3.0

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source web-application projects are there?

This registry tracks 5 projects tagged web-application, with 70,128 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Ghost at 55,339 stars.

Are these web-application projects free to use?

Yes — 5 of the 5 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which web-application project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these web-application projects still maintained?

4 of the 5 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.