ProcessWire
Open source PHP content management system with a page and field data model and a PHP API.
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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 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.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- ProcessWire1
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Per request7
- Rendering
- On a server7
- Install with
- zip download, git clone, composer create-project4
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-20: name, links, Maintainer, Categories
processwire.com/ - 2026-10-20: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/processwire/processwire - 2026-10-20: links
processwire.com/docs/ - 2026-10-20: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Content storage, Databases, Install with
processwire.com/docs/start/install/new/ - 2026-10-20: Minimum runtime, License, Current major version, Last release
repo.packagist.org/p2/processwire/processwire.json - 2026-10-20: Admin interface
processwire.com/about/background/ - 2026-10-20: Templating, Rendering, Runs as
processwire.com/docs/start/templates/ - 2026-10-20: Multilingual
processwire.com/about/features/ - 2026-10-20: License, License model
processwire.com/about/license/ - 2026-10-20: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/processwire/processwire/contributors - 2026-10-20: Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/processwire/processwire.json - 2026-10-20: links
processwire.com/modules/ - 2026-10-20: wikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3021710 - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/processwire%2Fprocesswire - 2026-10-25: Packagist downloads a month
packagist.org/packages/processwire/processwire/stats.json