Textpattern
Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS.
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Still maintained? Yes: 173 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 4.9.1 (Feb 2026).
Comparisons in Content Management Systems (CMS): Squarespace alternatives, Webflow alternatives.
At a glance
Textpattern quick facts
- Health score
- 78/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 883
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 4.9.1, Feb 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A flexible, elegant, fast and easy-to-use content management system written in PHP. Textpattern is free and open source software."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Textpattern scores 78/100, #31 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 173 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (4.9.1, 9 months ago) earns 21.4 of 25, 883 stars add 11.8 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
173 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 21.4 / 25
4.9.1 released 9 months ago
- Stars 11.8 / 20
883 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
- 173
- Last 90 days
- 632
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #31 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between d9 (#30) and Pushword (#32) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 4.9.1 · 9 months ago |
| Stars | 883 |
| Open issues | 79 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | textpattern/textpattern ↗ |
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Textpattern: common questions
Is Textpattern still maintained?
Textpattern had 173 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, 4.9.1, is from 9 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.