Contao
Powerful CMS that allows you to create professional websites and scalable web applications.
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Still maintained? Yes: 468 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in Content Management Systems (CMS): Squarespace alternatives, Webflow alternatives.
At a glance
Contao quick facts
- Health score
- 56/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 448
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- LGPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Contao scores 56/100, #39 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 468 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 448 stars add 10.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
468 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 10.6 / 20
448 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 468
- Last 90 days
- 1,517
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #39 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between TYPO3 (#38) and Drupal (#40) .
Details
| Licence | LGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 448 |
| Open issues | 336 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | contao/contao ↗ |
Contao vs its top 5 alternatives
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Contao: common questions
Is Contao still maintained?
Contao had 468 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.