# Backdrop CMS

Content management system written in PHP, forked from Drupal.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/backdrop/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://backdropcms.org
- repository: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop
- docs: https://docs.backdropcms.org/documentation/system-requirements

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: unknown
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: download archive

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1051
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://backdropcms.org/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://docs.backdropcms.org/documentation/system-requirements (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/backdrop/backdrop/1.x/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/backdrop/backdrop/1.x/README.md (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://backdropcms.org/ (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/backdrop/backdrop/1.x/core/includes/bootstrap.inc (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/backdrop/backdrop/1.x/core/includes/bootstrap.inc (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://backdropcms.org/download (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/backdrop/backdrop/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/backdrop/backdrop/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://backdropcms.org/download (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

Backdrop CMS is a content management system written in PHP and forked from Drupal. It has a built-in upgrade path for Drupal 7 sites.

## Worth knowing

The license is stated two ways: the license file holds the GPL version 2 text, and the README says GPL version 2 or later.

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