# Zotonic

Open-source web framework and content management system written in Erlang.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/zotonic/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://zotonic.com/
- repository: https://github.com/zotonic/zotonic
- docs: https://zotonic.com/developer-guide

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: the Zotonic team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms, framework
- hosting: elixir
- language: erlang
- runtime: beam
- runtimeMin: beam 19
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: docker

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 850
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 79
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://zotonic.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://zotonic.com/developer-guide (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/zotonic/zotonic (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://zotonic.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://zotonic.com/docs/1643/release-notes (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://zotonic.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/zotonic/zotonic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/zotonic/zotonic (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://zotonic.com/reference/installation-requirements (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://zotonic.com/docs/1526/getting-started (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://zotonic.com/download (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://zotonic.com/docs/1526/getting-started (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://zotonic.com/docs/1987/run-zotonic-as-a-service (read 2026-10-26)
- contentStore: https://zotonic.com/reference/installation-requirements (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://zotonic.com/reference/installation-requirements (read 2026-10-26)
- adminUi: https://github.com/zotonic/zotonic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- i18n: https://zotonic.com/docs/1410/mod_translation (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/zotonic/zotonic/blob/0.94.1/rebar.config (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/zotonic/zotonic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/zotonic/zotonic/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/zotonic/zotonic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/zotonic/zotonic/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/zotonic/zotonic/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/zotonic/zotonic (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/zotonic/zotonic/contributors (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Zotonic is a content management system and web framework built on Erlang. Content is stored in PostgreSQL, and its backend offers a way to manage content. One installation runs several sites through virtual hosting, a translation module handles multiple languages, and an import module migrates a WordPress export into a site. Access to content is governed by rules between user groups and content groups.

A development checkout comes from the git repository, and a Docker or Podman image and a Nix shell are the other routes, as the [getting-started guide](https://zotonic.com/docs/1526/getting-started) describes.

## Worth knowing

Zotonic runs as a foreground process under a host service manager, so the host has to keep an Erlang process running. It also needs a PostgreSQL database, so a host that only serves static files cannot run it. On Windows the requirements page points to WSL or a container.

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