# Primo

Primo is an open source content management system that builds sites from Svelte blocks and lets clients edit their content in a visual editor.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/primo/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22
Listed since: 2026-10-22

## Record

### Links

- home: https://primo.build/
- repository: https://github.com/primocms/primo
- docs: https://docs.primo.build
- pricing: https://primo.build/pricing
- forum: https://github.com/primocms/primo/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Matthew Morris
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: binary, node
- language: javascript
- runtime: binary, node
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: sqlite
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: svelte
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: npm install -g primo-cli, or a Docker image

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2379
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 65
- contributors: 17
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://primo.build/ (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/primocms/primo (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://docs.primo.build/getting-started/quickstart (read 2026-10-22)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- adminUi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/primocms/primo (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- runtime: https://docs.primo.build/getting-started/quickstart (read 2026-10-22)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- renderingModes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/README.md (read 2026-10-22)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primocms/primo/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-22)
- urls: https://primo.build/pricing (read 2026-10-22)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/primocms/primo/releases/tag/v3.3.1 (read 2026-10-22)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/primocms/primo/releases/latest (read 2026-10-22)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/primocms/primo (read 2026-10-22)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/primocms/primo/contributors (read 2026-10-22)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/primo-cli (read 2026-10-22)

## Notes

Primo is an open source content management system. Developers build pages from reusable Svelte blocks, and clients edit the content in a visual editor in the browser. The site is kept as a database and as a folder of structured files, and the same server runs the CMS and serves the published sites. The [documentation](https://docs.primo.build/getting-started/quickstart) covers local and deployed setups.

## Worth knowing

The software is free to self-host, and the [pricing page](https://primo.build/pricing) describes optional paid hosting plans. The README marks the CLI and local-file workflow as in beta.

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