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HumHub vs Skedda

A side-by-side editorial comparison of HumHub and Skedda — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

HumHub vs Skedda: at a glance

FeatureHumHubSkedda
SectorCollabCollab
Velocity score5.06.3
Sparks · 30d00
Top themessocial intranet, beta releases, upgrade migrations, permissionsworkplace-management, occupancy-analytics, visitor-management, api
Last editorial update2mo ago13d ago
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What is HumHub?

HumHub's public feed carries only betas, and 1.19's is still about surviving the upgrade.

The four releases visible here are all pre-release: 1.19.0-beta.2 and beta.1, and 1.18.0-beta.6 and beta.5 before them. The 1.19 line is dominated by upgrade-path and data-integrity repair — a foreign key violation aborting the comment content_id migration on databases with orphaned rows, fatal errors when purging content whose underlying record was gone, and in beta.2 a fatal SCSS build loop left behind when the 1.19 move of static/themes into protected/humhub stranded an empty theme skeleton. Beta.2 also fixes a real leak: activities from private spaces appearing in the summary mail and dashboard of users holding only a pending invite or join request.

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What is Skedda?

Skedda Companion can now be pushed to every laptop through MDM for full presence data.

Skedda's last quarter has been about making the data it collects visible and usable: Occupancy Insights, multi-venue comparison, richer visit exports, a read-only API beta and a redesigned Visits page. Skedda Companion 1.2 now installs through Intune, Jamf, Kandji or any MDM and enrols users automatically, so check-ins can be verified from laptop presence without QR codes or hardware.

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HumHub vs Skedda: editorial side-by-side

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HumHub
COLLAB
5.0

HumHub's public feed carries only betas, and 1.19's is still about surviving the upgrade.

◆ Current state

The four releases visible here are all pre-release: 1.19.0-beta.2 and beta.1, and 1.18.0-beta.6 and beta.5 before them. The 1.19 line is dominated by upgrade-path and data-integrity repair — a foreign key violation aborting the comment content_id migration on databases with orphaned rows, fatal errors when purging content whose underlying record was gone, and in beta.2 a fatal SCSS build loop left behind when the 1.19 move of static/themes into protected/humhub stranded an empty theme skeleton. Beta.2 also fixes a real leak: activities from private spaces appearing in the summary mail and dashboard of users holding only a pending invite or join request.

◆ Where it's heading

The 1.19 cycle is being spent making the migration survivable on real installations rather than adding capability, which is the usual shape when a schema and directory-layout change meets databases and webroots that have accumulated years of drift. Beta.2 extends that into the installer itself, where an unreachable database was offering to re-set-up a live instance during a transient outage. The permission and visibility fixes point the same way: tightening authorisation and content boundaries is cleanup of an existing model, not an extension of it.

◆ Prediction

Only beta tags appear in this feed, so a 1.19.0 stable is the obvious next milestone, but nothing here dates it. The beta.1-to-beta.2 gap of about a month is a faster rhythm than the roughly six months between the 1.18 and 1.19 betas.

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Skedda
COLLAB
6.3

Skedda Companion can now be pushed to every laptop through MDM for full presence data.

◆ Current state

Skedda's last quarter has been about making the data it collects visible and usable: Occupancy Insights, multi-venue comparison, richer visit exports, a read-only API beta and a redesigned Visits page. Skedda Companion 1.2 now installs through Intune, Jamf, Kandji or any MDM and enrols users automatically, so check-ins can be verified from laptop presence without QR codes or hardware.

◆ Where it's heading

Skedda is shifting from a booking front end to a source of workplace attendance data. Companion's MDM rollout aims at complete presence coverage, which makes the occupancy analytics and API more valuable as more laptops report in.

◆ Prediction

Expect occupancy and presence data to reach the API, since Skedda said more API capabilities are planned and Companion now feeds richer attendance data.

Alternatives to HumHub and Skedda

Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either HumHub or Skedda.

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Recent activity from HumHub and Skedda

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 14d agoSkeddaSkedda Companion updated to v1.2: auto-enroll users
  2. 28d agoSkeddaSee visitor status and custom fields at a glance
  3. 1mo agoSkeddaBuild with the Skedda API ⚡
  4. 1mo agoSkeddaSpace type and Capacity filters
  5. 2mo agoSkeddaOccupancy Insights
  6. 2mo agoHumHubPrivate-space activity leak, installer 503 handling and the stranded theme skeleton
  7. 3mo agoSkeddaImproved visit exports, now with custom field data
  8. 3mo agoHumHub1.19 upgrade migration and orphaned content fixes
  9. 9mo agoHumHubLogin screen, theming and validator fixes
  10. 11mo agoHumHubGroup manager options and assorted UI fixes

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between HumHub and Skedda?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Skedda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is HumHub better than Skedda?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Skedda is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to HumHub?

Top HumHub alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "HumHub alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/humhub for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Skedda?

Top Skedda alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Skedda alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/skedda for the full list with editorial commentary on each.