# pencilblue/pencilblue

Business class content management for Node.js (plugins, server cluster management, data-driven pages)

Repository: https://github.com/pencilblue/pencilblue
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pencilblue
Homepage: https://pencilblue.org
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2021-12-09T06:47:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4449, "days_push": 1728, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1567, forks 277 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:04.981955+00:00)

## What it is
PencilBlue is a full-featured open-source content management system and blogging platform for Node.js, featuring a plugin framework, relational data management via an admin interface, and built-in server clustering for high availability. It is built on MongoDB, Redis, Bootstrap, and AngularJS and includes a drag-and-drop, touch-friendly admin experience for non-technical users.

## Use cases
- build a blog or content-driven website with node.js
- self-hosted cms with admin interface for non-technical editors
- create data-driven pages with relational content in mongodb
- extend a cms with custom plugins
- run a clustered high-availability website on node.js

## When to choose
- you need a Node.js-based CMS with blogging and plugin extensibility
- you want an admin UI that lets non-technical users manage content
- you need built-in clustering and MongoDB-backed content storage

## When to avoid
- you need a actively maintained CMS with modern security patches
- your stack requires current Node.js versions (it targets Node 0.11-6)
- you want a modern frontend stack (it relies on AngularJS and jQueryUI)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, templating, plugin-system, http-server, cli
- domain: cms, web-development, backend, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: cms, blogging-platform, mongodb, angularjs, content-management, cluster-management, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- pencilblue/pencilblue (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:04.981955+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 2026-08-30T03:59:01.120489+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pencilblue/pencilblue (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:04.981955+00:00, sha 2fb89e907154)
  - homepage: https://pencilblue.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:28:47.101728+00:00, sha ece54e77f4e5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.