# ImpressCMS

Community-built PHP and MySQL content management system with multilingual content and a module system.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.impresscms.org
- repository: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms
- docs: https://www.impresscms.org/modules/simplywiki/
- plugins: https://www.impresscms.org/modules/downloads/
- x: https://www.twitter.com/ImpressCMS
- mastodon: https://phpc.social/@impresscms
- forum: https://www.impresscms.org/modules/iforum/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: ImpressCMS community
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2008
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.4
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql, mariadb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: multilingual interface and content, built into the core

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: upload the htdocs folder to the web server, then the web installer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-04-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 30
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 40
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 4
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.impresscms.org (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/ImpressCMS/impresscms (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://www.impresscms.org (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://www.impresscms.org (read 2026-10-20)
- firstRelease: https://www.impresscms.org/modules/content/content.php?content_id=3&page=history (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://www.impresscms.org (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/ImpressCMS/impresscms (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/v2.0.3/release_notes.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/v2.0.3/release_notes.md (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://www.impresscms.org/modules/simplywiki/index.php?page=Installation_Guide (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/main/htdocs/admin.php (read 2026-10-20)
- i18n: https://www.impresscms.org (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/ImpressCMS/impresscms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- licenseModel: https://www.impresscms.org (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/ImpressCMS/impresscms/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/ImpressCMS/impresscms/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/ImpressCMS/impresscms (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/ImpressCMS/impresscms/contributors?anon=true&per_page=100 (read 2026-10-20)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

ImpressCMS is a content management system written in PHP for multilingual websites, and it stores its data in MySQL or MariaDB. The community behind it started the project as a fork of XOOPS. Website content comes from separate modules, so a site adds a forum or an online store by installing the modules it needs. Permissions are set per group.

The [installation guide](https://www.impresscms.org/modules/simplywiki/index.php?page=Installation_Guide) describes uploading the htdocs folder to a web server and then running the web installer.

## Worth knowing

The release notes of the latest stable release still title it a beta, and the homepage points readers to a newer beta for testing.

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