Movable Type Open Source
Source code line of Movable Type, the Perl publishing and blogging system, kept in the movabletype/movabletype repository.
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.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Per request4
- Install with
- upload the files to a directory enabled for CGI scripts, then open it in the browser for the installation screens4
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-26: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype - 2026-10-26: links
www.movabletype.org/documentation/installation/ - 2026-10-26: Maintainer, License
github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/mt.cgi - 2026-10-26: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Databases, Categories, Install with, Runs as
github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/README.md - 2026-10-26: License
github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/develop/lib/MT.pm - 2026-10-26: Current major version
api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype/tags - 2026-10-26: Last release
api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype/commits/60206300cefb494580930b04bc6849641f64ffd3 - 2026-10-26: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/movabletype/movabletype/contributors?per_page=1 - 2026-10-26: First release, Headquarters
www.movabletype.org/about/