# Orchard CMS 1.x

Open-source content management system built on ASP.NET MVC and the .NET Framework, the first generation of Orchard.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/orchard-1/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://orchardcore.net/
- repository: https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard
- docs: https://docs.orchardcore.net/projects/O1/en/latest/
- plugins: https://gallery.orchardproject.net
- discord: https://orchardcore.net/discord

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: .NET Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: dotnet
- language: csharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: sqlserver
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: Microsoft Web Platform Installer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause, New BSD license

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-01-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2423
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 178
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/dev/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard/contributors (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://docs.orchardcore.net/projects/O1/en/latest/Documentation/Installing-Orchard/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://docs.orchardcore.net/projects/O1/en/latest/Documentation/Installing-Orchard/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://docs.orchardcore.net/projects/O1/en/latest/Documentation/Installing-Orchard/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://docs.orchardcore.net/projects/O1/en/latest/Documentation/Installing-Orchard/ (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://docs.orchardcore.net/projects/O1/en/latest/Documentation/Installing-Orchard/ (read 2026-10-26)
- contentStore: https://docs.orchardcore.net/projects/O1/en/latest/Documentation/Installing-Orchard/ (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Orchard 1 is the first generation of Orchard, an open-source content management system built on the ASP.NET MVC platform. It runs on the .NET Framework and is extended with modules and themes, and the project keeps a community gallery for them. The installation guide for the 1.x line describes four routes: the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, WebMatrix, a zip file download, and a build from the source code. A site starts on a built-in database, and can be pointed at SQL Server or SQL Server Express instead.

## Worth knowing

The README says that anyone starting a new project should use Orchard Core, the ASP.NET Core generation, and also points developers maintaining a project built on Orchard 1 to it. The documentation for the 1.x line lives on a separate docs site with its own release notes.

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