Backdrop CMS
Comprehensive CMS for small to medium sized businesses and non-profits.
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Still maintained? Yes: 39 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.35.2 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Backdrop CMS quick facts
- Health score
- 82/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,050
- Last commit
- 8 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.35.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Backdrop is a full-featured content management system that allows non-technical users to manage a wide variety of content. It can be used to create all kinds of websites including blogs, image galleries, social networks, intranets, and more."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Backdrop CMS scores 82/100, #21 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 39 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.35.2, 16 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,050 stars add 12.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
39 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.35.2 released 16 days ago
- Stars 12.1 / 20
1.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 39
- Last 90 days
- 165
- Last 12 months
- 8 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #21 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between WinterCMS (#20) and Concrete 5 CMS (#22) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 1.35.2 · 16 days ago |
| Stars | 1,050 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | backdrop/backdrop ↗ |
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Backdrop CMS: common questions
Is Backdrop CMS still maintained?
Backdrop CMS had 39 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 days ago; the latest tagged release, 1.35.2, is from 16 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.