# Wagtail

A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience

Repository: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wagtail
Homepage: https://wagtail.org
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, django, cms, wagtail, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:28:24+00:00
Link (homepage): https://wagtail.org
Link (site_page): https://wagtail.org/about-wagtail
Link (site_page): https://wagtail.org/features
Link (site_page): https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable
Link (site_page): https://wagtail.org/newsletter

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4594, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 2.0, "n_releases_24m": 45}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 20456, forks 4586 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:30.136275+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, search-engine, internationalization, documentation
- domain: cms, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: django, cms, content-management, streamfield, headless-cms, enterprise, python, web-server

## Member repositories
- wagtail/wagtail (main) score 99
- wagtail/awesome-wagtail (docs) score 71
- wagtail/bakerydemo (examples) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:30.136275+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 2026-08-29T16:58:47.649776+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:30.136275+00:00, sha 4f4c6b3c19ec)
  - homepage: https://wagtail.org (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.467673+00:00, sha d5c4ae8c63ec)
  - site_page: https://wagtail.org/about-wagtail (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.470829+00:00, sha ffbb4b12d600)
  - site_page: https://wagtail.org/features (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.473317+00:00, sha 751cf195aa85)
  - site_page: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.480566+00:00, sha 716efebb3a31)
  - site_page: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/getting_started/tutorial.html (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.508063+00:00, sha e08068195f14)
  - site_page: https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/topics/streamfield.html (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.511289+00:00, sha 63f55bd356ab)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/wagtail/json (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.513994+00:00, sha 9a03ba3cfacb)
  - site_page: https://wagtail.org/newsletter (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.482745+00:00, sha 152fadc519a6)
  - site_page: https://wagtail.org/sponsor (fetched 2026-08-29T07:57:38.484474+00:00, sha 970317395576)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.