# stephenmcd/mezzanine

CMS framework for Django

Repository: https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mezzanine
Homepage: http://mezzanine.jupo.org
Language: Python
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-04-19T10:10:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5940, "days_push": 136, "days_rel": 455, "gap_med": 31.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4822, forks 1604 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:00.552103+00:00)

## What it is
Mezzanine is an open-source content management platform built on the Django framework, offering an integrated, extensible alternative to WordPress-style CMSs. It ships with blogging, hierarchical pages, forms builder, search, and e-commerce (via Cartridge) out of the box.

## Use cases
- build a blog with django
- self-hosted cms for a small business site
- manage hierarchical pages with drag-and-drop ordering
- build a site with a forms builder and csv export
- run a multi-lingual content site
- add an online store with a django shopping cart
- migrate from wordpress to a python cms

## When to choose
- you want a batteries-included Django CMS with most features built in
- you need blogging, pages, forms, and search without assembling many apps
- you want an extensible Python codebase you can customize directly
- you need multi-lingual content and scheduled publishing

## When to avoid
- you need a headless or API-first CMS
- you prefer a plugin/module ecosystem like WordPress
- your project is not Django-based
- you need cutting-edge frontend tooling or a decoupled architecture

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, templating, search-engine, form-handling, documentation
- domain: web-development, cms, backend, self-hosted
- platform: python, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: cms, django, blog-engine, wysiwyg, ecommerce, multi-lingual, web-server

## Member repositories
- stephenmcd/mezzanine (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.552103+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 2026-08-29T18:18:31.727620+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:00.552103+00:00, sha e295b811c96b)
  - homepage: http://mezzanine.jupo.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:25.629256+00:00, sha aac2e3f09e7e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.