The Best CMS Platforms

Based on github stars

Top 23 Most Popular CMS Platforms
by number of GitHub stars

 

Rank Change 2024 Apr Project Features Stars Activity Rating
1 - 1 Ghost JavaScript 49,034 10.0 29.14%
2 - 2 WordPress PHP 20,058 9.9 11.92%
3 - 3 Wagtail Python 19,076 9.9 11.34%
4 - 4 Grav PHP 14,908 7.8 8.86%
5 - 5 Magento PHP eCommerce 11,767 10.0 6.99%
6 - 6 django-cms Python 10,430 9.4 6.20%
7 - 7 WooCommerce PHP eCommerce 9,699 10.0 5.76%
8 - 8 PrestaShop PHP eCommerce 8,520 10.0 5.06%
9 - 9 Joomla! PHP 4,887 9.8 2.90%
10 - 10 Drupal PHP 4,150 9.7 2.47%
11 - 11 Refinery CMS Ruby 3,902 5.1 2.32%
12 - 12 Microweber PHP 3,249 9.2 1.93%
13 - 13 Spina CMS Ruby 2,219 4.8 1.32%
14 - 14 MODX PHP 1,378 9.0 0.82%
15 - 15 TYPO3 PHP 1,100 9.9 0.65%
16 - 16 FeinCMS Python 984 6.4 0.58%
17 - 17 Mixcore CMS C# AngularJS 849 8.2 0.50%
18 - 18 Textpattern PHP 821 9.6 0.49%
19 - 19 SilverStripe PHP 513 7.5 0.30%
20 - 20 Contao PHP 368 9.9 0.22%
21 - 21 Subrion PHP 284 3.1 0.17%
22 - 22 Thunder PHP 47 7.7 0.03%
23 - 23 Zenario PHP 33 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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