october
CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.
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Still maintained? Yes: 82 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.4.0 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Content Management Systems (CMS): Squarespace alternatives, Webflow alternatives.
At a glance
october quick facts
- Health score
- 86/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 11,153
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.4.0, Aug 2026
- Licence
- ⊘ Proprietary
Top alternatives to october
In its own words
The project's README opens: "October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform whose sole purpose is to make your development workflow simple again. It was born out of frustration with existing systems. We feel building websites has become a convoluted and confusing process that leaves developers unsatisfied. We want to turn you around to the simpler side and get back to basics."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
october scores 86/100, #13 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 82 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.4.0, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 11,153 stars add 16.2 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
82 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.4.0 released 2 months ago
- Stars 16.2 / 20
11k 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
- 82
- Last 90 days
- 294
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between KeystoneJS (#12) and Joomla! (#14) .
Details
| Licence | ⊘ Proprietary |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v4.4.0 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 11,153 |
| Open issues | 13 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | octobercms/october ↗ |
october vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with october (Content Management Systems (CMS)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pimcore | 94 | 3.9k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Ech0 | 93 | 2.1k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Payload CMS | 89 | 46k | MIT | yesterday |
| october (this tool) | 86 | 11k | ⊘ Proprietary | 2 days ago |
| WinterCMS | 83 | 1.5k | MIT | today |
| SilverStripe | 81 | 726 | BSD-3-Clause | today |
october: common questions
Is october still maintained?
october had 82 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v4.4.0, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.