# voten-co/voten

The code that powers voten.co

Repository: https://github.com/voten-co/voten
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/voten
Homepage: https://voten.co
Language: PHP
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: social-network, social, bookmarking, vuejs, laravel, social-bookmarking, reddit, reddit-alternative, forum, community, php, websocket
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-07-28T14:54:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3390, "days_push": 36, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1247, forks 222 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:07.613912+00:00)

## What it is
Voten is an open-source social bookmarking and community platform (a Reddit alternative) built with Laravel and Vue.js, featuring voting, channels, real-time notifications, messaging, and search. The project is archived and no longer actively maintained, preserved with a Docker-based demo deployment.

## Use cases
- self-host a reddit alternative
- run a community voting forum
- open-source social bookmarking site
- deploy a real-time discussion community
- host a link aggregation platform

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted Reddit-like community with voting and channels
- you need a Laravel + Vue.js codebase to study or fork for a social platform
- you want real-time notifications and messaging in a forum-style app

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with security updates
- you want a modern stack or long-term support
- you need guaranteed upstream bug fixes or contributions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, websocket, search-engine, chat-interface
- domain: social-media, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: reddit-alternative, social-bookmarking, forum, laravel, vuejs, voting, community-platform, linux, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- voten-co/voten (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.613912+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 2026-08-30T05:07:59.282105+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/voten-co/voten (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.613912+00:00, sha 19e8091e2cab)
  - homepage: https://voten.co (fetched 2026-08-29T12:19:06.106365+00:00, sha 01c4afbb922c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.