# Movable Type Open Source

Source code line of Movable Type, the Perl publishing and blogging system, kept in the movabletype/movabletype repository.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/movable-type-oss/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype
- docs: https://www.movabletype.org/documentation/installation/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Six Apart Ltd.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2001
- hqCountry: JP

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: perl
- language: perl
- runtime: perl
- runtimeMin: perl 5.16
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: upload the files to a directory enabled for CGI scripts, then open it in the browser for the installation screens

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: custom

### Releases

- currentMajor: 9
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 434
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 34
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://www.movabletype.org/documentation/installation/ (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/mt.cgi (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/mt.cgi (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/lib/MT.pm (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype/tags (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype/commits/60206300cefb494580930b04bc6849641f64ffd3 (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://www.movabletype.org/about/ (read 2026-10-26)
- hqCountry: https://www.movabletype.org/about/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Movable Type Open Source is the source code line of the Movable Type publishing and blogging system, kept in a public GitHub repository. The code is Perl, and the README names MySQL as an example database. The program files are uploaded to a directory enabled for CGI scripts, and the installation screens run in the browser.

The repository has no LICENSE file. Two source files state terms: mt.cgi says the code cannot be redistributed without permission from Six Apart, and the POD in lib/MT.pm says the license is the one agreed to when downloading Movable Type.

## Worth knowing

The file headers restrict redistribution, so the record reads as source-available, not open source. The sources name no site of their own; the movabletype.org site named in the installation guide is the commercial product's, which is recorded separately.

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