Squidex
Headless CMS, based on MongoDB, CQRS and Event Sourcing.
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Still maintained? Yes: 28 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 7.24.0 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Content Management Systems (CMS): Squarespace alternatives, Webflow alternatives.
At a glance
Squidex quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,514
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 7.24.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Squidex is an open source headless CMS and content management hub. In contrast to a traditional CMS Squidex provides a rich API with OData filter and Swagger definitions. It is up to you to build your UI on top of it. It can be website, a native app or just another server. We build it with ASP.NET Core and CQRS and is tested for Windows and Linux on modern browsers."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Squidex scores 81/100, #26 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 28 commits in the last 90 days earn 32.7 of 35 points, the latest release (7.24.0, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,514 stars add 13.6 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 32.7 / 35
28 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
7.24.0 released 1 month ago
- Stars 13.6 / 20
2.5k 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
- 28
- Last 90 days
- 73
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #26 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between SilverStripe (#25) and Typemill (#27) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | .NET |
| Latest release | 7.24.0 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 2,514 |
| Open issues | 4 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | Squidex/squidex ↗ |
Squidex vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Squidex (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 |
| Strapi | 89 | 73k | MIT | today |
| Squidex (this tool) | 81 | 2.5k | MIT | today |
| d9 | 79 | 183 | GPL-3.0 | today |
Squidex: common questions
Is Squidex still maintained?
Squidex had 28 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 7.24.0, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.