# LEPTON CMS

Content management system written in PHP that runs on MySQL or MariaDB and is installed by uploading its package to a web space.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://lepton-cms.org
- repository: https://gitlab.com/lepton-cms/LEPTON
- docs: https://doc.lepton-cms.org
- plugins: https://lepton-cms.com
- forum: https://forum.lepton-cms.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: LEPTON Project
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: cms-lab UG
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: unknown
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: upload package by FTP, then the install wizard

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-04-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/lepton-cms%2FLEPTON (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://lepton-cms.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://gitlab.com/lepton-cms/LEPTON/-/raw/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://lepton-cms.org/english/disclaimer.php (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://lepton-cms.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://lepton-cms.org/posts/new-release-lepton-7.5.0-177.php (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://lepton-cms.org/posts/new-release-lepton-7.5.0-177.php (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://lepton-cms.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://lepton-cms.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://lepton-cms.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://lepton-cms.org/english/download/stable.php (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://gitlab.com/lepton-cms/LEPTON/-/raw/master/COPYING (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://lepton-cms.org/english/about/license.php (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/lepton-cms%2FLEPTON/repository/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/lepton-cms%2FLEPTON/repository/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://lepton-cms.org/english/download/stable.php (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/lepton-cms%2FLEPTON/repository/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://lepton-cms.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- parent: https://lepton-cms.org/english/disclaimer.php (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

LEPTON CMS is a content management system written in PHP that keeps its content in a MySQL or MariaDB database. The project's homepage describes it as a full customizable content management system with a backend and multi-language support, and the LEPTON Project maintains it. Installation is done by hand: the upload directory of the release package goes to a web space over FTP, and the install wizard at /install sets up the rest.

## Worth knowing

The project's site lists commercial add-ons next to free ones, and the free ones are listed in an [add-ons repository](https://lepton-cms.com/); this record covers the core only. The release page gives PHP 8.1 as the minimum for the current release and 8.4 as the recommended version.

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