Loomio

Group decision-making software where cooperatives, boards and distributed teams discuss proposals, vote and keep a record of outcomes.

2.6k stars, 709 forks Ruby On GitHub since November 2011

Visit website View on GitHub How to run it

Loomio at a glance

Open sourceYes, AGPL-3.0No paid parts in the repository
Health76 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDockerCompose file, 7 services
Interface23 languagesIncluding English, German and French
Issue repliesWithin ~14 hoursMedian first reply; 100% of recent issues answered

What is Loomio?

Loomio gives a group one dedicated space to make decisions together. Members share background, talk through a proposal, gather input and vote, and the result is written down next to the discussion that led to it. Because every thread, reason and outcome stays in one place, the group ends up with a searchable history of what was agreed and why. The work happens asynchronously, so people in different time zones can take part without scheduling meetings. Cooperatives, nonprofits, unions, boards and membership organizations are among its users.

Good fit if

  • Your organization makes decisions in scattered email and chat threads and wants a single, transparent process instead.
  • Members are spread across time zones and cannot meet at the same hour to vote.
  • You want to run the decision platform on your own server rather than pay for a hosted subscription.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need open-ended community conversation rather than structured proposals and votes: Discourse.
  • You want a broader internal social network with spaces, profiles and modules: HumHub.

Before you adopt it

Loomio is released under AGPL-3.0, so a modified version offered to users over a network must have its source published. The repository contains no paid parts; the project also sells a hosted service at loomio.com with a free trial. Self-hosting relies on Docker, and the compose file defines seven services, including PostgreSQL, Redis and a proxy, so plan for a multi-container deployment. The interface is translated into 22 languages. Releases ship often, the latest being v3.15.0, but all commits in the last 90 days came from one author, which concentrates the work on a single person.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 7 November 2026. Report a correction

How to run Loomio yourself

One-click install

Not listed in the app catalogs of Umbrel, YunoHost, TrueNAS, Unraid, CasaOS, Runtipi, Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts and Coolify.

Ways to install

Docker files
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Docker image
loomio/loomio: 1.2M pulls · x86-64, ARM64 · 893 MB download
Compose file
deploy/docker-compose.yml: 7 services (proxy, postgres, redis)
Setup effort
4 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
23 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish
Show all 23

Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

Install instructions: loomio.com or the README on GitHub. Docker images and packages are checked weekly.

Loomio health: is it still maintained?

76 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~3 daysLatest: v3.15.0, 7 November 2026
Issue repliesWithin ~14 hoursMedian first reply; 100% of recent issues answered
Bus factorHigh riskOne person wrote all recent commits
  • Activity
    1,530 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 12 November 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    1 person wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 100% of them.
    2 / 20
  • Releases
    15+ releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v3.15.0, on 7 November 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 100% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 14 hours.
    20 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 5 of 10.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 12 November 2026. How the score works

Loomio security

Security advisories are the vulnerabilities the maintainers disclosed on GitHub, with the versions that fix them; many advisories can mean careful disclosure as much as weak code. OpenSSF Scorecard checks how a project is developed and released: reviews, protected branches, pinned dependencies, signed releases. It does not audit the code itself.

Security advisories12 published7 high; all list a fixed version
OpenSSF Scorecard5 of 10How the project is built and released
Security policyYesExplains how to report a vulnerability

Latest advisories

All 12 advisories on GitHub

What each Scorecard check found

  • Binary files10 / 10No compiled binaries checked into the repository
  • Dangerous workflows10 / 10No risky patterns in GitHub Actions
  • License file10 / 10A license file is present
  • Maintained10 / 10Steady commits and issue activity in the last 90 days
  • Packaging10 / 10Releases are published as packages from CI
  • Security policy10 / 10Explains how to report a vulnerability
  • Pinned dependencies2 / 10Some dependencies use fixed versions
  • Best-practices badge0 / 10No OpenSSF Best Practices badge
  • Branch protection0 / 10The main branch has no protection rules
  • Code review0 / 10Changes are merged without review
  • Fuzzing0 / 10No fuzz testing found
  • Static analysis0 / 10No static analysis found
  • Token permissions0 / 10CI tokens have broad write rights

Advisories read from GitHub on 12 November 2026. From the OpenSSF Scorecard of 26 October 2026; checks that do not apply to Loomio are left out.

Loomio license: is it open source?

Loomio uses AGPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. November 2011First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAGPL-3.0.

Loomio for developers

Written in

  • Ruby 68%
  • JavaScript 17%
  • Vue 12%
  • Swift 1%
  • CSS <1%
  • Other 2%

Getting involved

Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues51On GitHub
Authors, 90 days1Of the latest 100 commits
DonationsGitHub SponsorsListed on GitHub

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

Alternatives to Loomio

  • MastodonYour self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community 88 health · AGPL-3.0 · 50.6k stars
  • MisskeyA completely free and open interplanetary-microblogging platform 81 health · AGPL-3.0 · 11.4k stars
  • HumHubHumHub is an Open Source Enterprise Social Network. Easy to install, intuitive to use and extendable with… 81 health · AGPL-3.0 · 6.8k stars
  • remark42comment engine 81 health · MIT · 5.6k stars
  • NodeBBNode.js based forum software built for the modern web 80 health · GPL-3.0 · 15.2k stars

All 18 projects in Social networks & forums

Questions about Loomio

Is Loomio open source?

Yes. Loomio is published under AGPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Loomio still maintained?

Its health score is 76 of 100 (actively developed). It had 1,530 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 12 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 7 November 2026.

How do I run Loomio?

You can run it with the Docker image loomio/loomio. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Loomio written in?

Loomio is written mainly in Ruby (68% of the code), with JavaScript (17%) and Vue (12%), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What languages is Loomio available in?

The repository has interface translations for 23 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian.

What are the alternatives to Loomio?

Close alternatives in the Social networks & forums category include Mastodon, Misskey, HumHub.