# Bolt CMS

Open-source PHP content management system built on Symfony, usable as a traditional or headless CMS.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/bolt-cms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://boltcms.io
- repository: https://github.com/bolt/core
- docs: https://docs.boltcms.io
- plugins: https://extensions.boltcms.io
- x: https://twitter.com/boltcms

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Two Kings
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: NL

### Kind

- category: cms, headless-cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- basedOn: symfony, api-platform

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: sqlite, mysql, mariadb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest, graphql
- templating: twig
- i18n: yes, built in, field-level translation

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: composer create-project bolt/project, docker (make docker-install), symfony cli

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 592
- packagistDownloads: 152999
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 108
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 3187
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 315
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 69
- dependentPackages: 50

### Sources

- name: https://boltcms.io (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://boltcms.io/community (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://boltcms.io (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://boltcms.io/community (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://boltcms.io/community (read 2026-10-18)
- hqCountry: https://boltcms.io/community (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://github.com/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://github.com/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/bolt/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/bolt/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/bolt/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://docs.boltcms.io/5.2/getting-started/requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://docs.boltcms.io/5.2/getting-started/requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- adminUi: https://docs.boltcms.io/5.2/installation/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://boltcms.io (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://github.com/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://docs.boltcms.io/5.2/installation/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/bolt/core/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/bolt/core/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/bolt/core (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/bolt/core/contributors (read 2026-10-18)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/bolt/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/bolt/project.json (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://boltcms.io/extensions (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://docs.boltcms.io/5.2/installation/installation (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/bolt%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/bolt%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/bolt/core/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Bolt CMS is a PHP content management system built on Symfony, Doctrine, Twig and API Platform. It works as a traditional site with Twig templates, as a headless backend serving REST and GraphQL, or as both. Content, including field-level translations, is stored in a database, and editors work in a backend under /bolt. Two Kings, a company in the Netherlands, leads development.

## Worth knowing

The public [documentation](https://docs.boltcms.io) covers an older release line than the current one, so its requirements and install steps may trail the latest release. The README records that the previous main maintainer died in early 2024 and that new maintainers took over.

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