# openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork

Connect suppliers, distributors and consumers to trade local produce.

Repository: https://github.com/openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openfoodnetwork
Homepage: https://www.openfoodnetwork.org
Language: Ruby
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: food, ruby, food-hubs, rails, farmers, sustainable-consumption, nonprofit, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-09-03T00:16:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 88, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5068, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 3, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 92}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1278, forks 796 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:15.790988+00:00)

## What it is
Open Food Network is an open-source, not-for-profit online marketplace platform for local food, built with Ruby on Rails. It lets farmers, food hubs, co-ops, and independent food businesses set up online stores and connect with consumers and local buyers.

## Use cases
- set up an online store for my farm
- run a food hub or co-op marketplace
- take a farmers market online with pre-orders
- connect local food producers with consumers
- self-host an e-commerce platform for local produce
- manage subscriptions and group buying for local food

## When to choose
- you run a farm, food hub, co-op, or farmers market and need online sales
- you want a proven, community-supported platform used by 2500+ enterprises in 15+ countries
- you value open source, nonprofit governance, and sustainable food systems

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose e-commerce store for non-food products
- you want a lightweight plug-in rather than a full Rails application to deploy and maintain
- you lack the capacity to host and operate a self-managed server

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, api-framework, self-hosted
- domain: e-commerce, food, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: marketplace, food-hubs, farmers-markets, rails, local-food, nonprofit, multi-tenant, agriculture, e-commerce, web-server, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:15.790988+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 2026-08-30T05:03:02.955916+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/openfoodfoundation/openfoodnetwork (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:15.790988+00:00, sha 4023b39539b3)
  - homepage: https://www.openfoodnetwork.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:14:18.394401+00:00, sha 4c7394443dd1)
  - site_page: https://openfoodnetwork.org/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T12:14:18.405440+00:00, sha 21584dd4da0b)
  - site_page: https://openfoodnetwork.org/research-about-ofn (fetched 2026-08-29T12:14:18.406991+00:00, sha b32e50f32ac9)
  - site_page: https://openfoodnetwork.org/media-about-open-food-network (fetched 2026-08-29T12:14:18.408551+00:00, sha 84d833fc9792)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.