The Best CMS Platforms

Based on github stars

Top 23 Most Popular CMS Platforms
by number of GitHub stars

 

Rank Change 2023 Apr Project Features Stars Activity Rating
1 - 1 Ghost JavaScript 45,658 10.0 28.97%
2 - 2 WordPress PHP 18,777 9.9 11.91%
3 - 3 Wagtail Python 17,173 9.9 10.89%
4 - 4 Grav PHP 14,291 8.5 9.07%
5 - 5 Magento PHP eCommerce 11,249 10.0 7.14%
6 - 6 django-cms Python 9,899 9.0 6.28%
7 - 7 WooCommerce PHP eCommerce 9,085 10.0 5.76%
8 - 8 PrestaShop PHP eCommerce 7,801 10.0 4.95%
9 - 9 Joomla! PHP 4,647 9.9 2.95%
10 11 Drupal PHP 4,007 9.8 2.54%
11 10 Refinery CMS Ruby 3,891 5.1 2.47%
12 - 12 Microweber PHP 3,004 10.0 1.91%
13 - 13 Spina CMS Ruby 2,167 7.7 1.37%
14 - 14 MODX PHP 1,344 8.4 0.85%
15 - 15 TYPO3 PHP 1,006 9.9 0.64%
16 - 16 FeinCMS Python 900 5.7 0.57%
17 18 Mixcore CMS C# AngularJS 777 0.0 0.49%
18 17 Textpattern PHP 760 9.4 0.48%
19 - 19 SilverStripe PHP 511 7.5 0.32%
20 21 Contao PHP 322 9.9 0.20%
21 20 Subrion PHP 283 3.1 0.18%
22 - 22 Thunder PHP 43 7.9 0.03%
23 - 23 Zenario PHP 31 0.0 0.02%
  • Rating - the percentage of stars of a particular project from the total number.
  • Activity - a relative number between 0 and 10 representing the commits activity of a project.
    9+ meaning that the project is amongst the top 10% of most actively developed projects.
    5+ meaning that the project is amongst the top 50% of most active projects.

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