# Perch

Commercially licensed PHP content management system for small websites, installed into an existing site and edited through a control panel.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/perch/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- home: https://grabaperch.com
- docs: https://docs.grabaperch.com/
- plugins: https://addons.perchcms.com
- x: https://twitter.com/grabaperch
- forum: https://community.perchcms.com/forum/

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Perch Runway Limited
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: unknown
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 5.4
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mysql, mariadb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, a localized control panel with downloadable translations

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: place the perch folder in the root of the website, then complete the setup form in the browser

### License

- licenseModel: commercial
- license: proprietary

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2021-05-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://grabaperch.com/ (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://grabaperch.com/ (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://docs.grabaperch.com/ (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://grabaperch.com/ (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://grabaperch.com/about (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://grabaperch.com/ (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://grabaperch.com/download (read 2026-10-24)
- runtimeMin: https://grabaperch.com/download (read 2026-10-24)
- databases: https://grabaperch.com/download (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://grabaperch.com/get-started (read 2026-10-24)
- adminUi: https://grabaperch.com/features (read 2026-10-24)
- i18n: https://grabaperch.com/features (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://grabaperch.com/download (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://grabaperch.com/ (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://grabaperch.com/news (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://grabaperch.com/news (read 2026-10-24)

## Notes

Perch is a commercially licensed content management system from Perch Runway Limited, written in PHP and installed into an existing website. The perch folder goes into the root of the site and a setup form in the browser finishes the install, with MySQL or MariaDB as the database. Editors work in a control panel whose content forms come from templates the developer writes. The control panel supports roles with permissions and a localized interface, and add-ons extend it.

## Worth knowing

Perch is sold as a license for one website at a one-time fee. The news page lists no release after the 3.x line, which leaves open whether the project is still active, so this record is a stub.

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