October CMS
Commercially licensed PHP content management system built on the Laravel framework.
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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 lists the current editions.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Per request5
- Install with
- composer create-project october/october, ddev, browser wizard installer5
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-18: name, links, Categories, Built on
octobercms.com - 2026-10-18: links, Written in, License
github.com/octobercms/october - 2026-10-18: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters, License model
github.com/octobercms/october/blob/develop/LICENSE.md - 2026-10-18: Built on, Minimum runtime, License, Current major version, Last release
repo.packagist.org/p2/october/october.json - 2026-10-18: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Databases, Admin interface, Install with, Runs as
docs.octobercms.com/4.x/setup/installation.html - 2026-10-18: Content storage, Templating
docs.octobercms.com/4.x/cms/themes/themes.html - 2026-10-18: Multilingual
docs.octobercms.com/4.x/extend/multisite/introduction.html - 2026-10-18: GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/octobercms/october - 2026-10-18: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/octobercms/october/contributors - 2026-10-18: Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/october/october.json - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/october%2Foctober - 2026-10-25: Packagist downloads a month
packagist.org/packages/october/october/stats.json