Updated August 2026
    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
    6.2k

    Upsnap: Maintenance, Licence and Alternatives

    A simple Wake on LAN (WOL) dashboard app. Wake up devices on your network and see current status.

    TL;DR • Upsnap • as of August 2026

    Upsnap is an open-source network utilities project, with 6.2k GitHub stars and a health score of 76/100. It committed 412 times in the last twelve months across 11 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: MIT. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.

    6.2k
    GitHub stars
    76/100
    Health score
    412
    Commits (12 mo)
    11/12
    Active months

    Maintenance health

    Status Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days.
    Last commit 2026-07-26
    Days since last commit 22
    Commits, last 3 months 17
    Commits, last 12 months 412
    Months with activity 11 of 12
    Last release 2026-07-23
    Archived No
    Licence MIT
    Category Network Utilities

    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

    MIT

    Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): you can fork it, close the source and sell it. Lowest legal friction for a commercial product.

    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 Upsnap means for your idea

    Upsnap 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.

    Upsnap: common questions

    Is Upsnap still maintained in 2026?

    Actively maintained. Upsnap recorded 412 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 11 of those months and 17 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-07-26. Last release: 2026-07-23. Committed within the last 45 days.

    Can I use Upsnap commercially?

    Upsnap is published under MIT. Permissive (MIT, Apache, BSD): you can fork it, close the source and sell it. Lowest legal friction for a commercial product.

    How crowded is the Network Utilities category?

    12 open-source implementations, 7 of them actively maintained, led by MyIP at 12k stars. Saturation score 34/100 — Open. Thin or poorly maintained open-source coverage.

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