# MODX

Open-source PHP content management system and application framework, published as MODX Revolution.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://modx.com
- repository: https://github.com/modxcms/revolution
- docs: https://docs.modx.com/3.x/en/index
- forum: https://forums.modx.com/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: MODX, LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

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

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-26

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1413
- packagistDownloads: 11752
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 838
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 5508
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 5
- dependentPackages: 1

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/modxcms/revolution (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/modxcms/revolution (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modxcms/revolution/3.x/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modxcms/revolution/3.x/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modxcms/revolution/3.x/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/modxcms/revolution (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modxcms/revolution/3.x/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modxcms/revolution/3.x/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- i18n: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modxcms/revolution/3.x/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://github.com/modxorg/Docs/blob/3.x/en/getting-started/server-requirements.md (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://github.com/modxorg/Docs/blob/3.x/en/getting-started/server-requirements.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://github.com/modxorg/Docs/blob/3.x/en/getting-started/installation.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://github.com/modxorg/Docs/blob/3.x/en/getting-started/installation/composer.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://github.com/modxorg/Docs/blob/3.x/en/getting-started/server-requirements.md (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/modxcms/revolution (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/modx/revolution.json (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/modxcms/revolution/tags (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/modx/revolution.json (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/modxcms/revolution (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/modx/revolution.json (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/modx/revolution.json (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/modx%2Frevolution (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/modx%2Frevolution (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/modx/revolution/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

MODX Revolution is a content management system and application framework written in PHP, which its README describes for multi-language, multi-domain sites. Content is kept in a MySQL database, and a web server such as Apache or nginx runs it for each request.

The [installation guide](https://github.com/modxorg/Docs/blob/3.x/en/getting-started/installation.md) offers a zip package that is extracted and set up as the usual path, plus Composer, Git and command-line installs.

## Worth knowing

The documentation names PostgreSQL support only as a third-party implementation, and extras often ship database drivers for MySQL alone.

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