Wagtail
A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 2.0
- age_days: 4594
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 45
Adoption not part of the score
20456 stars · 4586 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Wagtail is an open-source content management system built on the Django web framework, focused on editor experience and developer flexibility. It offers features like StreamField for structured flexible content, integrated search, multi-site and multi-language support, and a Content API for headless deployments.
Use cases
- build a cms website with python and django
- manage content for an enterprise website with a friendly editing interface
- create a headless cms with a content api for a decoupled frontend
- build a blog or news site with flexible page layouts
- run a multi-language multi-site content platform
- add a cms to an existing django project
When to choose
- your team already uses Python and Django
- you need a scalable CMS with strong editor experience and workflow
- you want full control over frontend templates or a headless API
- accessibility and enterprise features like localization matter
When to avoid
- you need out-of-the-box ecommerce or marketing analytics
- your stack is PHP, Node, or Ruby rather than Python
- you want a fully hosted turnkey CMS with no development
- you need a simple blog with zero coding
Facets
application · maturity stable
web-framework search-engine internationalization documentation cms web-development self-hosted python cross-platform django cms content-management streamfield headless-cms enterprise python web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4f4c6b3c19ec
- homepage: https://wagtail.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · d5c4ae8c63ec
- site_page: https://wagtail.org/about-wagtail · fetched 2026-08-29 · ffbb4b12d600
- site_page: https://wagtail.org/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 751cf195aa85
- site_page: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable · fetched 2026-08-29 · 716efebb3a31
- site_page: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/getting_started/tutorial.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · e08068195f14
- site_page: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/topics/streamfield.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 63f55bd356ab
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/wagtail/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9a03ba3cfacb
- site_page: https://wagtail.org/newsletter · fetched 2026-08-29 · 152fadc519a6
- site_page: https://wagtail.org/sponsor · fetched 2026-08-29 · 970317395576
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| wagtail/wagtail | main | 99 |
| wagtail/awesome-wagtail | docs | 71 |
| wagtail/bakerydemo | examples | 77 |
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