OSGeo/grass
GRASS - free and open-source geospatial processing engine observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 51
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 218.5
- age_days: 2665
- days_rel: 117
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
1158 stars · 440 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
GRASS GIS is a free and open-source geospatial processing engine for raster, vector, and imagery analysis, usable as a desktop GIS or headless geoprocessing engine. It offers a built-in temporal framework, command-line tools, and Python/R APIs for large-scale spatial and time series analysis.
Use cases
- process satellite imagery and remote sensing data
- run terrain and hydrology modeling on DEMs
- analyze raster and vector geospatial data at scale
- perform spatiotemporal time series analysis
- script geoprocessing workflows in Python or R
- build reproducible GIS pipelines in Jupyter notebooks
When to choose
- you need advanced raster/vector analysis beyond desktop GIS basics
- you want scriptable, reproducible geoprocessing in Python or R
- you work with temporal/spatiotemporal earth observation data
- you need a mature, OSGeo-governed open-source GIS engine
When to avoid
- you only need simple map viewing or basic digitizing
- you want a lightweight library to embed in a web app
- you need cloud-native tile serving rather than a processing engine
Facets
application · maturity stable
geospatial image-processing data-science cli gui data-science windows python cross-platform gis raster vector remote-sensing temporal-analysis hydrology terrain-modeling python-api jupyter geospatial maps science linux macos docker
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/OSGeo/grass · fetched 2026-09-03 · 3c8759421dda
- homepage: https://grass.osgeo.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 547cad9fe7e4
- site_page: https://grass.osgeo.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · a5ecfd01a3fc
- site_page: https://grass.osgeo.org/about/team · fetched 2026-08-29 · ead080dede26
- site_page: https://grass.osgeo.org/about/roadmap · fetched 2026-08-29 · 64aef8948e45
- site_page: https://grass.osgeo.org/about/governance · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8f9c1982173f
- site_page: https://grass.osgeo.org/about/community-map · fetched 2026-08-29 · d31f066844e2
- site_page: https://grass.osgeo.org/about/license · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4f8e1501da40
- site_page: https://grass.osgeo.org/about/history · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9cee9e2f72eb
- site_page: https://grass.osgeo.org/about/brand · fetched 2026-08-29 · 21cbdd5c7347
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| OSGeo/grass | main | 83 |
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