# Plone

Open source content management system built on Python, with a React-based Volto frontend and a Classic UI frontend.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://plone.org
- repository: https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone
- docs: https://6.docs.plone.org
- x: https://twitter.com/plone
- mastodon: https://plone.social/@plone
- discord: https://discord.gg/zFY3EBbjaj
- forum: https://community.plone.org/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Plone Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: cms, headless-cms
- hosting: python, node
- language: python
- runtime: python, node
- runtimeMin: python 3.10
- basedOn: zope

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: postgres, mysql, oracle
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: zpt
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: spa, server
- installMethod: cookieplone, pip, buildout

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0, GPL version 2

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-10

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 311
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 171
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://plone.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/plone/Products.CMFPlone (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://6.docs.plone.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://plone.org/foundation/about (read 2026-10-26)
- basedOn: https://6.docs.plone.org/admin-guide/configure-zope.html (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/plone/Products.CMFPlone (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://6.docs.plone.org/admin-guide/install-pip.html (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://6.docs.plone.org/install/create-project-cookieplone.html (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://6.docs.plone.org/admin-guide/install-pip.html (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://plone.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://plone.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://6.docs.plone.org/classic-ui/templates.html (read 2026-10-26)
- i18n: https://plone.org/why-plone/features (read 2026-10-26)
- adminUi: https://6.docs.plone.org/conceptual-guides/choose-user-interface.html (read 2026-10-26)
- headlessApi: https://plone.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://6.docs.plone.org/conceptual-guides/choose-user-interface.html (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://6.docs.plone.org/conceptual-guides/choose-user-interface.html (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://6.docs.plone.org/admin-guide/run-plone.html (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://6.docs.plone.org/install/create-project-cookieplone.html (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://6.docs.plone.org/backend/zodb.html (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/plone/Products.CMFPlone (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://pypi.org/pypi/Plone/json (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://plone.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://pypi.org/pypi/Plone/json (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/Plone/json (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/plone/Products.CMFPlone (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/plone/Products.CMFPlone/contributors (read 2026-10-26)
- hqCountry: https://plone.org/foundation/about (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Plone is an open source content management system built on Python and the Zope application server. It offers two frontends: Volto, a single-page application, and Classic UI, whose pages are server-side templates written in the ZPT language. It also serves content over a REST API. Content is stored in the Zope Object Database, which writes to files by default and can use PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle as a backend. A single installation can run many Plone sites. The Plone Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, maintains the project.

## Worth knowing

Volto runs its frontend in a separate Node process beside the Python backend. The [interface guide](https://6.docs.plone.org/conceptual-guides/choose-user-interface.html) states that there is no migration path from Volto to Classic UI.

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