# ProcessWire

Open source PHP content management system with a page and field data model and a PHP API.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/processwire/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://processwire.com
- repository: https://github.com/processwire/processwire
- docs: https://processwire.com/docs/
- plugins: https://processwire.com/modules/
- forum: https://processwire.com/talk/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: ProcessWire
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql, mariadb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: php
- i18n: yes, built into the core

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: zip download, git clone, composer create-project

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MPL-2.0, MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1160
- packagistDownloads: 37488
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 36
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 1518
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 2792
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 28
- dependentPackages: 30

### Sources

- name: https://processwire.com/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://processwire.com/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/processwire/processwire (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://processwire.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://processwire.com/ (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://processwire.com/ (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/processwire/processwire (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://processwire.com/docs/start/install/new/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://processwire.com/docs/start/install/new/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/processwire/processwire.json (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://processwire.com/docs/start/install/new/ (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://processwire.com/docs/start/install/new/ (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://processwire.com/about/background/ (read 2026-10-20)
- templating: https://processwire.com/docs/start/templates/ (read 2026-10-20)
- i18n: https://processwire.com/about/features/ (read 2026-10-20)
- renderingModes: https://processwire.com/docs/start/templates/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://processwire.com/docs/start/install/new/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://processwire.com/docs/start/templates/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://processwire.com/about/license/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/processwire/processwire.json (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://processwire.com/about/license/ (read 2026-10-20)
- licenseModel: https://processwire.com/about/license/ (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/processwire/processwire.json (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/processwire/processwire.json (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/processwire/processwire (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/processwire/processwire/contributors (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/processwire/processwire.json (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://processwire.com/modules/ (read 2026-10-20)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3021710 (read 2026-10-20)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/processwire%2Fprocesswire (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/processwire%2Fprocesswire (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/processwire/processwire/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

ProcessWire is a PHP content management system built around pages, templates and fields. Each page is rendered by a template file, a PHP script that receives API variables for the page being viewed. Editors work in the ProcessWire admin, where pages are edited through a process module. Content is kept in a MySQL or MariaDB database. The core includes multi-language support and role-based access control, with roles assigned to templates.

The [install guide](https://processwire.com/docs/start/install/new/) lists Apache or a compatible web server with mod_rewrite and .htaccess support, PDO for PHP, and either GD or ImageMagick.

## Worth knowing

The core is licensed under MPL-2.0, and some core components use MIT where a file header says so.

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