# Thunder

Drupal distribution and content management system for professional publishers.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.thunder.org
- repository: https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution
- docs: https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/blob/8.4.x/docs/developer-guide/setup.md
- x: https://twitter.com/ThunderCoreTeam

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: BurdaVerlag GmbH
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: DE

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.3
- basedOn: drupal

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mysql
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: graphql
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: composer create-project

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 51
- packagistDownloads: 688618
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 23
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 9165
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 10
- dependentPackages: 4

### Sources

- urls: https://www.thunder.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/docs/developer-guide/setup.md (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://thunder.org/node/231 (read 2026-10-20)
- hqCountry: https://thunder.org/node/231 (read 2026-10-20)
- firstRelease: https://thunder.org/about-thunder (read 2026-10-20)
- basedOn: https://www.thunder.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://www.thunder.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/docs/developer-guide/setup.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/docs/developer-guide/setup.md (read 2026-10-20)
- headlessApi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/docs/developer-guide/headless.md (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://www.thunder.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/thunder/thunder-distribution.json (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/thunder/thunder-distribution.json (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/thunder/thunder-distribution/contributors (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/thunder/thunder-distribution.json (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/8.4.x/composer.json (read 2026-10-20)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/thunder%2Fthunder-distribution (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/thunder%2Fthunder-distribution (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/thunder/thunder-distribution/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Thunder is a Drupal distribution, an install profile that adds publishing features to Drupal for professional publishers. Projects are created with Composer, and the [setup guide](https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/blob/8.4.x/docs/developer-guide/setup.md) covers local installation with Drush. The `thunder_gqls` module provides a GraphQL API for headless use. The Thunder Core Team maintains the project, and the imprint names BurdaVerlag GmbH in Munich as operator.

## Worth knowing

The setup guide describes its quick start as suited to trying Thunder locally, not production. As a distribution, Thunder needs everything Drupal itself requires.

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