Updated August 2026
    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
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    Bugsink: Maintenance, Licence and Alternatives

    Real-time error tracking for your applications with all the details in one place. Easy setup with clear instructions included.

    TL;DR • Bugsink • as of August 2026

    Bugsink is an open-source ticketing project, with 2.0k GitHub stars and a health score of 93/100. It committed 738 times in the last twelve months across 12 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: ⊘ Proprietary. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.

    2.0k
    GitHub stars
    93/100
    Health score
    738
    Commits (12 mo)
    12/12
    Active months

    Maintenance health

    Status Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days.
    Last commit 2026-08-11
    Days since last commit 6
    Commits, last 3 months 252
    Commits, last 12 months 738
    Months with activity 12 of 12
    Last release 2026-07-26
    Archived No
    Licence ⊘ Proprietary
    Category Ticketing

    Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.

    What the licence lets you do

    ⊘ Proprietary

    Non-standard or mixed licensing. Check the repository before commercial use.

    This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.

    What Bugsink means for your idea

    Open · 35/100
    Ticketing category →

    Bugsink is shipping code consistently, so a buyer comparing your product will find a maintained free option. Price and position against the total cost of self-hosting it, not against the paid incumbent's list price.

    The clearest opening in the dataset. Low open-source competition usually means either a genuinely underserved need or a market too small to attract volunteers — validate demand before assuming the former.

    Bugsink: common questions

    Is Bugsink still maintained in 2026?

    Actively maintained. Bugsink recorded 738 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 12 of those months and 252 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-08-11. Last release: 2026-07-26. Committed within the last 45 days.

    Can I use Bugsink commercially?

    Bugsink is published under ⊘ Proprietary. Non-standard or mixed licensing. Check the repository before commercial use.

    How crowded is the Ticketing category?

    21 open-source implementations, 10 of them actively maintained, led by Zammad at 5.9k stars. Saturation score 35/100 — Open. Thin or poorly maintained open-source coverage.

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