# Textpattern

Open-source content management system written in PHP, with tag-based templates and a MySQL database.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://textpattern.com
- repository: https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern
- docs: https://docs.textpattern.com/
- plugins: https://plugins.textpattern.com/
- x: https://twitter.com/textpattern
- forum: https://forum.textpattern.com/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The Textpattern Development Team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 5.6
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: tag-based templates
- i18n: core user interface in over 50 languages

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: download and upload to a web server, then browser setup

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0, GPLv2

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 885
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 41
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://textpattern.com (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://textpattern.com (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://textpattern.com (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://textpattern.com/about (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://textpattern.com/about (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://textpattern.com/about/system-requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://textpattern.com/about/system-requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://docs.textpattern.com/setup/installing-the-software (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://textpattern.com/about/system-requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://textpattern.com (read 2026-10-20)
- templating: https://textpattern.com (read 2026-10-20)
- i18n: https://textpattern.com (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://docs.textpattern.com/setup/installing-the-software (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://docs.textpattern.com/setup/installing-the-software (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/textpattern/textpattern (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://textpattern.com/license (read 2026-10-20)
- licenseModel: https://textpattern.com/license (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://textpattern.com/download (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/textpattern/textpattern/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/textpattern/textpattern (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/textpattern/textpattern/contributors (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://textpattern.com (read 2026-10-20)

## Notes

Textpattern is a content management system written in PHP. Its templates are built from Textpattern tags, and content is kept in a MySQL database. Editing happens in browser-based administration panels, and the core interface is available in over 50 languages.

Installation means downloading the release package, uploading it to a web server and running the browser setup, which asks for the database details. The [system requirements](https://textpattern.com/about/system-requirements) name Apache or Nginx with PHP and MySQL.

---

Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attributes are recorded, never scored; absent means unknown.
Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0