# isohuntto/openbay

Repository: https://github.com/isohuntto/openbay
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openbay
Language: PHP
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-09-09T00:58:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4275, "days_push": 2551, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3491, forks 872 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.204843+00:00)

## What it is
Openbay is a self-hosted PHP (Yii2-based) web application that acts as a proxy/mirror frontend for The Pirate Bay torrent index. The isoHunt team has officially discontinued support and development of the project.

## Use cases
- self-host a Pirate Bay proxy mirror
- run a torrent search frontend
- mirror blocked torrent sites
- learn a Yii2-based PHP web app codebase

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted torrent proxy frontend and are willing to maintain the legacy PHP code yourself

## When to avoid
- you want actively maintained software
- you need a supported or secure production deployment
- you are not comfortable with legacy PHP/Yii2 and outdated Ubuntu 14.04 setup instructions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, http-server, search-engine, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, privacy, censorship-circumvention
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: torrent, pirate-bay-proxy, yii2, bittorrent, web-frontend, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- isohuntto/openbay (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.204843+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:35:56.970683+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/isohuntto/openbay (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.204843+00:00, sha 9298996d9443)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.