About PencilBlue
PencilBlue is a technology in the Blogs category, detected by AwesomeTechStack audits.
How many people use PencilBlue
GitHub · npm- #3
WordPress21k - #4
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Zinnia2.1k - #6
PencilBlue1.6k - #7
RockRMS685 - #8
Roadiz CMS371 - #9
Serendipity226
#6 of 13 Blogs we have counts for (of 37) · bars are GitHub stars across these neighbours; the category leader is Ghost at 55k · as of August 30, 2026
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How we audit PencilBlue
We measure the detected version against PencilBlue's release history and grade the surrounding stack with a Lighthouse-grade quality audit. Weak or outdated links weigh more - one risky dependency can pull the whole score down.
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