CouchCMS
CMS for designers.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Apr 2026.
Comparisons in Content Management Systems (CMS): Squarespace alternatives, Webflow alternatives.
At a glance
CouchCMS quick facts
- Health score
- 20/100 STALE
- Stars
- 378
- Last commit
- 6 months ago (Apr 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.4, Oct 2023
- Licence
- CPAL-1.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Take any HTML/CSS template and make it CMS enabled in minutes. Just drop in a few special XHTML tags into your code and watch your static web pages come to life!"
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
CouchCMS scores 20/100, #45 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.4, 3 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 378 stars add 10.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
v2.4 released 3 years ago
- Stars 10.3 / 20
378 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 1
- Last 12 months
- 6 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #45 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between HTMLy (#44) and Noosfero (#46) .
Details
| Licence | CPAL-1.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v2.4 · 3 years ago |
| Stars | 378 |
| Open issues | 65 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | CouchCMS/CouchCMS ↗ |
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CouchCMS: common questions
Is CouchCMS still maintained?
CouchCMS had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 6 months ago; the latest tagged release, v2.4, is from 3 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.