Apostrophe
CMS with a focus on extensible in-context editing tools.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 54% of tracked projects; popularity more than 65%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 4.6k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | — |
| Repo updated | 26 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Nodejs |
Is Apostrophe actively maintained?
Apostrophe is under active development: 310 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 30 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
No tagged releases are published, so there is no stable version to pin to — you would deploy from the default branch or a container image built from it.
Apostrophe ranks #23 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS), placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Apostrophe actually does
Apostrophe is a content management system built with Node.js that prioritises in-context editing tools. It allows content authors to modify web pages directly within the live layout rather than relying solely on traditional admin dashboards. The project is available under the MIT licence and has gathered a moderate community following.
Best fit: Development teams using Node.js who want to build custom, editable web pages where clients can modify text and layouts directly on the screen.
Worth knowing: The lack of recent tagged releases may indicate that installation requires pulling directly from development branches, which can introduce instability.
Deployment notes
As a Node.js application, it typically requires a persistent server environment, a process manager like PM2, and a reverse proxy such as Nginx to handle TLS termination.
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