# October CMS

Commercially licensed PHP content management system built on the Laravel framework.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/october-cms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://octobercms.com
- repository: https://github.com/octobercms/october
- docs: https://docs.octobercms.com
- pricing: https://octobercms.com/pricing
- plugins: https://octobercms.com/plugins
- x: https://twitter.com/octobercms
- forum: https://talk.octobercms.com
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OctoberCMSOfficial

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Responsiv Pty Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: AU

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.2
- basedOn: laravel

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql, mariadb, postgres, sqlite
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: twig
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: composer create-project october/october, ddev, browser wizard installer

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: proprietary, NOASSERTION (custom EULA in LICENSE.md)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-12

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 11146
- packagistDownloads: 271854
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 342
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 2709
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 5525
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 7
- dependentPackages: 2

### Sources

- name: https://octobercms.com (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/octobercms/october (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://octobercms.com (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://octobercms.com (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://github.com/octobercms/october/blob/develop/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/octobercms/october/blob/develop/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-18)
- hqCountry: https://github.com/octobercms/october/blob/develop/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://octobercms.com (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://octobercms.com (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/october/october.json (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/octobercms/october (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/setup/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/setup/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/october/october.json (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/cms/themes/themes.html (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/setup/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- adminUi: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/setup/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/cms/themes/themes.html (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/extend/multisite/introduction.html (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/setup/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/october/october.json (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/octobercms/october (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/octobercms/october/blob/develop/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://octobercms.com (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/october/october.json (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/october/october.json (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/octobercms/october (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/octobercms/october/contributors (read 2026-10-18)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/october/october.json (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://octobercms.com (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://docs.octobercms.com/4.x/setup/installation.html (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/october%2Foctober (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/october%2Foctober (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/october/october/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

October CMS is a content management system written in PHP on the Laravel framework. It has a backend panel for managing content and a Twig-based theme layer for the front end. Themes are plain files that can live in version control, and the system also uses a database. The docs describe approaches for running several languages and several websites, and extensions are added from the plugin marketplace.

Installation needs a license key before the setup can finish. The source is public on GitHub, but the EULA that governs it forbids modifying and redistributing the code. Updates come through an update gateway. The license is perpetual, but without renewal access to that gateway ends.

## Worth knowing

Every new account gets one free license with its first year of updates. Further sites need a paid license or a subscription. The [pricing page](https://octobercms.com/pricing) lists the current editions.

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