# Lektor

Static content management system that builds websites from flat files and a web admin interface, written in Python.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/lektor/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.getlektor.com/
- repository: https://github.com/lektor/lektor
- docs: https://www.getlektor.com/docs/
- plugins: https://www.getlektor.com/plugins/
- x: https://twitter.com/getlektor

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Armin Ronacher
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg, cms
- hosting: static
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.8
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: jinja2
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: pipx install lektor, or pip install lektor in a virtual environment

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3949
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 85
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 5572
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 95
- dependentPackages: 6

### Sources

- urls: https://www.getlektor.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/lektor/lektor (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://pypi.org/pypi/lektor/json (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://www.getlektor.com/contact/ (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/lektor/lektor (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://www.getlektor.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://www.getlektor.com/docs/installation/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://pypi.org/pypi/lektor/json (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://www.getlektor.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://www.getlektor.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://www.getlektor.com/docs/templates/ (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://www.getlektor.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://www.getlektor.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://www.getlektor.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://www.getlektor.com/docs/deployment/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://www.getlektor.com/docs/installation/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/lektor/lektor (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://www.getlektor.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/lektor/lektor/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/lektor/lektor/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/lektor/lektor/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/lektor/lektor (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/lektor/lektor/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://www.getlektor.com/plugins/ (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/lektor (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/lektor (read 2026-10-25)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/lektor (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Lektor is a static content management system written in Python. Site content is kept as flat files in a tree, and an admin interface edits the content. The build turns it into static HTML, rendered with Jinja2 templates, and the output can be deployed to any host.

## Worth knowing

The Lektor server runs on the author's own machine, and the built files are what goes live. The development version of the admin needs npm to build.

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