Cockpit
Simple content platform to manage any structured content.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 48% of tracked projects; popularity more than 30%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 748 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 2.14.1 · 26 Aug 2026 |
| Repo updated | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | PHP |
Is Cockpit actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 252 commits, of which 19 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 6 commits a month.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 74% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, 2.14.1, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Cockpit ranks #28 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS), placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Cockpit actually does
Cockpit is a headless content management system built with PHP for handling structured data. It provides an administrative interface to organise and retrieve content via APIs without coupling the backend to a specific frontend technology.
Best fit: It is well-suited for developers who need a lightweight, self-hosted backend to manage structured content for decoupled websites or applications.
Worth knowing: The project has a modest community and lower repository activity compared to major alternative CMS platforms, which may impact long-term plugin availability and community support.
Deployment notes
As a PHP application, you will typically need to provision a web server such as Nginx or Apache alongside a compatible database backend and ensure persistent storage is configured for uploaded files.
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