# browsermedia/browsercms

BrowserCMS: Humane Content Management for Rails

Repository: https://github.com/browsermedia/browsercms
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/browsercms
Homepage: http://browsercms.org
Language: Ruby
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2022-07-21T22:55:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6364, "days_push": 1504, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1166, forks 256 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:50.367016+00:00)

## What it is
BrowserCMS is an open source, general-purpose Web Content Management System built as a Ruby on Rails engine, targeting Rails 4.0. It supports non-technical editors, designers, and developers with features like in-context editing, workflow, section-based security, and extensible content types.

## Use cases
- add a cms to an existing rails app
- build a content-heavy website for non-technical editors
- manage site pages with a sitemap and content library
- set up editorial workflow where contributors can't publish
- create custom content types in a rails cms
- build a mobile-friendly responsive website with a cms

## When to choose
- you have a Rails 4.0 project and want integrated content management
- you need editor-friendly in-context editing and multi-area templates
- you want a self-hosted CMS with workflow and section-based permissions

## When to avoid
- you use a modern Rails version (7.x) — this targets Rails 4.0 only
- you need an actively maintained CMS with recent security patches
- you want a headless or API-first CMS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, templating, workflow-automation, file-upload
- domain: cms, web-development, backend
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: content-management, rails-engine, in-context-editing, ruby-on-rails, wysiwyg, web-server

## Member repositories
- browsermedia/browsercms (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:50.367016+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:28:58.841881+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/browsermedia/browsercms (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:50.367016+00:00, sha f03c2776d625)
  - homepage: http://browsercms.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:35:05.609919+00:00, sha 164dcc37619c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.