Humhub by humhub

HumHub is an Open Source Enterprise Social Network. Easy to install, intuitive to use and extendable with countless freely available modules.

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Verdict 76/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty 2.2k docker pulls 5 open CVEs Last release 2 months ago

Self-host Humhub on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
76 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
6.7k
1.7k forks

About Humhub

From the project's README at github.com/humhub/humhub. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

HumHub - Putting People and Pieces together =========================================== HumHub is an intuitive to use and modular designed open-source software, used primarily as social network, knowledge database, intranet or information and communication platform.

The software is written in PHP and is best described by dividing into 4 main parts: User, Spaces, Content and Modules. User: All users have their own customisable profile (including name, profile picture, cover photo and personal information) and can follow and interact with each other. If wished and enabled, users can create own content, comment posts and join Spaces. Profile fields, permissions and all settings can be defined individually by the network operator (administrator). Spaces: Rooms or groups for any projects, departments, events or other needs. Network operators can create as many Spaces as needed and automatically map users into the desired Spaces. HumHub comes with an advanced permission and notification system (including email summaries). Content: Users can create content of all kinds (posts, wiki pages, photo/video, schedule appointments, create events or tasks) depending on their permission and share it with other members in their Space. There is a multi-level comment function, versatile collaboration options and also features to report inappropriate posts and content. All Content, Spaces and Members can be easily found through various and individually defi

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
88
maturity
100
community
89
security
85
sustainability
53
adoption
36

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

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GitHub stars 6.7k github.com/humhub/humhub
GitHub forks 1.7k github.com/humhub/humhub
Docker Hub pulls 2.2k hub.docker.com / humhub

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age12.2 yearssince Feb 2014
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped171last: 2 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

13 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 5 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2026-29048.

Ready to self-host Humhub?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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