Orchard CMS 1.x
Open-source content management system built on ASP.NET MVC and the .NET Framework, the first generation of Orchard.
orchardcore.net/repositorydocsplugins
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.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- .NET Foundation3
- Maintained by
- Foundation
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- Microsoft Web Platform Installer6
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-26: links, Categories, Runtime, License, License model
github.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/blob/dev/README.md - 2026-10-26: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard - 2026-10-26: Maintainer
raw.githubusercontent.com/OrchardCMS/Orchard/dev/LICENSE.txt - 2026-10-26: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard/releases - 2026-10-26: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/OrchardCMS/Orchard/contributors - 2026-10-26: Install with, Databases, Content storage
docs.orchardcore.net/projects/O1/en/latest/Documentation/Installing-Orchard/