CraftCMS

Is CraftCMS actively maintained?

Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 3366 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 569 of them.

Activity is cooling: commits are down 53% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.

The most recent tagged release, 5.11.3, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.

Of the 48 projects we track in Content Management Systems (CMS), CraftCMS ranks #7 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.

What CraftCMS actually does

CraftCMS is a content management system designed to structure and deliver web pages and digital content. It provides an administrative interface for content managers alongside developer-focused tooling for defining data schemas. The software runs on a PHP stack and manages content storage for websites.

Best fit: Teams looking for a flexible, content-first web publishing platform where developers can maintain strict control over the underlying data models.

Worth knowing: The software is proprietary, which may limit how you modify the source code or use it within certain commercial licensing models. It also relies on a paid commercial model for full access to certain editions.

Deployment notes

You will typically need to provision a PHP runtime environment alongside a relational database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL. Persistent storage is required for uploaded media assets, and a reverse proxy is generally used to handle TLS termination.

Links

• Official website
• Source code
• Live demo