About October CMS
October is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.
How many people use October CMS
GitHub · npm- #6
WordPress21k - #7
Wagtail20k - #8
Grav16k - #9
October CMS11k - #10
Django CMS11k - #11
Builder.io8.8k - #12
TiddlyWiki8.6k
#9 of 130 CMS we have counts for (of 403) · bars are GitHub stars across these neighbours; the category leader is Ghost at 55k · as of September 7, 2026
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