# Cofoundry

Open source ASP.NET Core content management system and application framework with code-first development.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cofoundry/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.cofoundry.org
- repository: https://github.com/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry
- docs: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs
- plugins: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/plugins/available-plugins
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cofoundry.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Bufftail Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms, framework
- hosting: dotnet
- language: csharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: dotnet 10
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: sqlserver
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: razor
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: dotnet new template

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 903
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 2
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.cofoundry.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/getting-started/installing (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/getting-started/installing (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://www.cofoundry.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/getting-started/installing (read 2026-10-26)
- contentStore: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/getting-started/installing (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/getting-started/installing (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/getting-started/overview (read 2026-10-26)
- adminUi: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs (read 2026-10-26)
- i18n: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/content-management/locales-and-localization (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://www.cofoundry.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/cofoundry-cms/cofoundry/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://www.cofoundry.org/docs/plugins/available-plugins (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Cofoundry is an open source content management system and application framework for ASP.NET Core, built code first. Page templates are ASP.NET Razor views, and content is stored in a SQL Server database.

It is added to an ASP.NET Core project as the Cofoundry.Web.Admin NuGet package, or created from a dotnet new template. Plugins install from NuGet and add features such as image resizing, background tasks and mail.

## Worth knowing

The README describes the 0.x releases as early development in which breaking changes can happen at any point.

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