# Dotclear

Open-source PHP engine for publishing blogs, with several blogs and users in one installation.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://dotclear.org
- repository: https://codeberg.org/Dotclear/dotclear
- docs: https://dotclear.org/category/Documentation
- plugins: https://dotclear.org/plugin/list
- forum: https://dotclear.org/category/Forum

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Association Dotclear
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: FR

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mysql, mariadb, postgres, sqlite
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, interface in several languages

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: web installer, started from a quick-install file uploaded to the web space

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: AGPL-3.0, GPL

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 4
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://dotclear.org/pages/L-association-Dotclear (read 2026-10-20)
- hqCountry: https://dotclear.org/pages/L-association-Dotclear (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://dotclear.org/pages/Caract%C3%A9ristiques-d%C3%A9taill%C3%A9es (read 2026-10-20)
- i18n: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://dotclear.org/pages/Licence (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://dotclear.org/pages/Conditions-d-utilisation (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://dotclear.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://codeberg.org/api/v1/repos/Dotclear/dotclear/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Dotclear is a blog publishing engine written in PHP. One installation can run several blogs, and each user gets permissions of their own, so a site can be shared between writers and administrators. The installer is started from a quick-install file uploaded to the web space.

The project is run by a French non-profit association. Its documentation, forum, and theme and plugin repositories are on dotclear.org and are written in French.

## Worth knowing

The project's pages state the license two ways: the licence page names the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, and the conditions page names the GPL for the sources.

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