# Concrete CMS

Open-source content management system for teams, written in PHP, with a built-in REST API and a MySQL or MariaDB database.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.concretecms.com
- repository: https://github.com/concretecms/concretecms
- docs: https://documentation.concretecms.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: PortlandLabs, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.3
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql, mariadb
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: zip download, composer create-project

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 9
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 852
- packagistDownloads: 179972
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 6927
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 4020
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 56
- dependentPackages: 37

### Sources

- name: https://www.concretecms.com (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://www.concretecms.com (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/concretecms/concretecms (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://documentation.concretecms.org (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://www.concretecms.com/about/legal/privacy-policy (read 2026-10-20)
- hqCountry: https://www.concretecms.com/about/legal/terms-use (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://www.concretecms.com (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/concretecms/concretecms (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/system-requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/system-requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/system-requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/installing-concrete-cms (read 2026-10-20)
- headlessApi: https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/rest-api/introduction (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/installing-concrete-cms (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/installing-concrete-cms (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/concretecms/concretecms (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/concretecms/concretecms/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/concretecms/concretecms/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/concrete5/core.json (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/concretecms/concretecms (read 2026-10-20)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1935459 (read 2026-10-20)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/concrete5%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/concrete5%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/concrete5/core/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Concrete CMS keeps its content in a MySQL or MariaDB database and exposes it through a built-in REST API that authenticates with OAuth2, as the [REST API introduction](https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/rest-api/introduction) describes. The [installation guide](https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/installing-concrete-cms) offers two paths: moving the zip archive into a web-accessible folder, or creating a project with Composer.

## Worth knowing

The system requirements page states a minimum PHP version for the current line that it also says is past end of life.

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