Wagtail
Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience.
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Still maintained? Yes: 576 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v8.0.1 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Content Management Systems (CMS): Squarespace alternatives, Webflow alternatives.
At a glance
Wagtail quick facts
- Health score
- 87/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 20,593
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v8.0.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django, with a strong community and commercial support. It's focused on user experience, and offers precise control for designers and developers."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Wagtail scores 87/100, #11 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 576 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v8.0.1, 10 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 20,593 stars add 17.3 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
576 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v8.0.1 released 10 days ago
- Stars 17.3 / 20
21k 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
- 576
- Last 90 days
- 1,425
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between Localess (#10) and KeystoneJS (#12) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | Python |
| Latest release | v8.0.1 · 10 days ago |
| Stars | 20,593 |
| Open issues | 866 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | wagtail/wagtail ↗ |
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Wagtail: common questions
Is Wagtail still maintained?
Wagtail had 576 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v8.0.1, is from 10 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.