# craftcms/cms

Build bespoke content experiences with Craft.

Repository: https://github.com/craftcms/cms
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/craftcms-cms
Homepage: https://craftcms.com
Language: PHP
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cms, craftcms, yii2, php, twig, php7, content-management, craft3, php8, graphql, craft4
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:17:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3505, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 244}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3603, forks 705 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:11.470824+00:00)

## What it is
Craft CMS is a flexible, self-hosted PHP content management system for building bespoke digital experiences, with a clean-slate content model, Twig templating, and an auto-generated GraphQL API for headless use. It includes an admin control panel, multi-site localization, asset management, and a plugin ecosystem, with an optional ecommerce platform (Craft Commerce).

## Use cases
- build a custom marketing site with flexible content modeling
- run a headless CMS with a GraphQL API for a Next.js or Nuxt frontend
- manage multi-site, multilingual content from one control panel
- build a bespoke ecommerce store with Craft Commerce
- give non-technical editors a friendly authoring experience with live preview
- self-host a CMS on PHP with MySQL or PostgreSQL

## When to choose
- you need fully custom content structures rather than predefined page/post models
- you want Twig templating or a decoupled headless setup with GraphQL
- you need strong localization and multi-site support out of the box
- you want a polished admin experience for content editors
- you're comfortable self-hosting a PHP application

## When to avoid
- you need a fully free open-source solution for team or commercial use (paid licenses for Team/Pro)
- you want a turnkey blog with themes rather than building templates yourself
- your stack is Node, Python, or Ruby rather than PHP
- you need managed hosting without opting for Craft Cloud or similar

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, templating, graphql, search-engine, plugin-system, self-hosted
- domain: cms, web-development, e-commerce
- platform: php, self-hosted, windows
- tags: content-management, twig, yii2, headless-cms, ecommerce, multi-site, content-modeling, control-panel, localization, web-server, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- craftcms/cms (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.470824+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 2026-08-29T18:33:43.717703+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/craftcms/cms (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.470824+00:00, sha cd7419d98552)
  - homepage: https://craftcms.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.927378+00:00, sha 846d9c2ebc65)
  - site_page: https://craftcms.com/features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.936673+00:00, sha 162a2d56170d)
  - site_page: https://craftcms.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.940978+00:00, sha e51d37abff3b)
  - site_page: https://craftcms.com/docs/5.x/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.949364+00:00, sha cde996a2ec7f)
  - site_page: https://craftcms.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.939083+00:00, sha c06c34933f93)
  - site_page: https://craftcms.com/why-craft-for-content-creation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.942680+00:00, sha 031649c63f86)
  - site_page: https://craftcms.com/why-craft-for-developers (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.944129+00:00, sha 3b1bdde37c7d)
  - site_page: https://craftcms.com/commerce (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.945857+00:00, sha c4379a66d6db)
  - site_page: https://craftcms.com/cloud (fetched 2026-08-29T09:27:07.947602+00:00, sha 8bde196692f5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.