The Best CMS Platforms

Based on github stars

Top 23 Most Popular CMS Platforms
by number of GitHub stars

 

Rank Change 2023 Mar Project Features Stars Activity Rating
1 - 1 Ghost JavaScript 45,376 10.0 29.01%
2 - 2 WordPress PHP 18,602 9.9 11.89%
3 - 3 Wagtail Python 16,926 9.9 10.82%
4 - 4 Grav PHP 14,248 8.7 9.11%
5 - 5 Magento PHP eCommerce 11,204 10.0 7.16%
6 - 6 django-cms Python 9,774 8.9 6.25%
7 - 7 WooCommerce PHP eCommerce 9,007 10.0 5.76%
8 - 8 PrestaShop PHP eCommerce 7,706 10.0 4.93%
9 - 9 Joomla! PHP 4,630 9.7 2.96%
10 11 Drupal PHP 3,996 9.5 2.55%
11 10 Refinery CMS Ruby 3,888 5.1 2.49%
12 - 12 Microweber PHP 2,956 10.0 1.89%
13 - 13 Spina CMS Ruby 2,155 8.4 1.38%
14 - 14 MODX PHP 1,341 8.0 0.86%
15 - 15 TYPO3 PHP 997 9.9 0.64%
16 - 16 FeinCMS Python 887 5.9 0.57%
17 18 Mixcore CMS C# AngularJS 769 0.0 0.49%
18 17 Textpattern PHP 756 9.4 0.48%
19 - 19 SilverStripe PHP 511 7.9 0.33%
20 21 Contao PHP 317 9.8 0.20%
21 20 Subrion PHP 283 3.1 0.18%
22 - 22 Thunder PHP 43 7.8 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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