# Cockpit

Self-hosted headless content management system with a REST and GraphQL API and an administration panel.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cockpit/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://getcockpit.com
- repository: https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
- docs: https://getcockpit.com/documentation

### Identity

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

### Kind

- category: headless-cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.3
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: sqlite, mongodb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest, graphql
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

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

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-26

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 751
- packagistDownloads: 205
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 26
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://getcockpit.com (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://getcockpit.com (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://getcockpit.com/documentation (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://getcockpit.com/imprint (read 2026-10-20)
- hqCountry: https://getcockpit.com/imprint (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://getcockpit.com (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/develop/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/develop/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://getcockpit.com/documentation/core/quickstart/requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://getcockpit.com/documentation/core/quickstart/requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- headlessApi: https://getcockpit.com (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://getcockpit.com/documentation/core/quickstart/installation (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://getcockpit.com/documentation/core/quickstart/installation (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://getcockpit.com/documentation/core/quickstart/installation (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://getcockpit.com/license (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/contents/LICENSE (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/cockpit-hq/cockpit.json (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/cockpit-hq/cockpit/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Cockpit is a headless content management system: editors manage content in an administration panel, with role-based permissions, and other applications read it through the REST and GraphQL APIs. Content sits in SQLite by default, with MongoDB as an alternative. The [installation guide](https://getcockpit.com/documentation/core/quickstart/installation) deploys the files into a web server's root directory or runs the Docker image.

The [legacy repository README](https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/blob/next/README.md) says Cockpit's next iteration moved to the Cockpit organization on GitHub, which hosts this codebase.

## Worth knowing

Cockpit Pro is sold under its own license agreement with Agentejo, separate from the MIT-licensed core.

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