# PluXml

CMS and blog engine that stores its content in XML files and needs no database.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/pluxml/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://pluxml.org/
- repository: https://github.com/pluxml/PluXml
- docs: https://wiki.pluxml.org/
- forum: https://forum.pluxml.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: PluXml staff and contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.2
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, translated into 11 languages

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: archive download, then the installation procedure shown on the site

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 233
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 48
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://pluxml.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/pluxml/PluXml (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://wiki.pluxml.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://pluxml.org/static2/about-pluxml (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://pluxml.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/pluxml/PluXml (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://github.com/pluxml/PluXml/blob/v5.8.23/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/pluxml/PluXml/blob/v5.8.23/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://github.com/pluxml/PluXml/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- i18n: https://pluxml.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://pluxml.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/pluxml/PluXml (read 2026-10-20)
- licenseModel: https://pluxml.org/static2/about-pluxml (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/pluxml/PluXml/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/pluxml/PluXml/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/pluxml/PluXml (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/pluxml/PluXml/contributors (read 2026-10-20)

## Notes

PluXml is a CMS and blog engine that stores its content in XML files, so it needs no database. It is installed by unzipping the release archive into the site root and following the installation steps shown on screen. The back office supports five user profiles with different permission levels.

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