Concrete 5 CMS
Open source content management system.
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Still maintained? Yes: 385 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 9.5.7 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Concrete 5 CMS quick facts
- Health score
- 82/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 854
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 9.5.7, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "If you're looking for Concrete CMS documentation, you'll want to navigate over to documentation.concretecms.org. If you see anything that needs more information or is just completely wrong, contributions are welcomed! Just log in to the documentation site with your community.concretecms.com account and edit away!"
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Concrete 5 CMS scores 82/100, #22 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 385 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (9.5.7, 10 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 854 stars add 11.7 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
385 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
9.5.7 released 10 days ago
- Stars 11.7 / 20
854 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
- 385
- Last 90 days
- 738
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #22 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between Backdrop CMS (#21) and Bolt CMS (#23) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 9.5.7 · 10 days ago |
| Stars | 854 |
| Open issues | 455 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | concretecms/concretecms ↗ |
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Concrete 5 CMS: common questions
Is Concrete 5 CMS still maintained?
Concrete 5 CMS had 385 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, 9.5.7, is from 10 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.