WinterCMS
Speedy and secure content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework.
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Still maintained? Yes: 54 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.2.14 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Content Management Systems (CMS): Squarespace alternatives, Webflow alternatives.
At a glance
WinterCMS quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,522
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.2.14, Aug 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Winter is a free, open-source content management system based on the Laravel PHP framework. Developers and agencies all around the world rely upon Winter for its quick prototyping and development, safe and secure codebase and dedication to simplicity."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
WinterCMS scores 83/100, #20 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 54 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.2.14, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,522 stars add 12.7 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
54 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.2.14 released 2 months ago
- Stars 12.7 / 20
1.5k 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
- 54
- Last 90 days
- 132
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #20 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between Publify (#19) and Backdrop CMS (#21) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v1.2.14 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 1,522 |
| Open issues | 69 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | wintercms/winter ↗ |
WinterCMS vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with WinterCMS (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 | 86 | 11k | ⊘ Proprietary | 2 days ago |
| WinterCMS (this tool) | 83 | 1.5k | MIT | today |
| SilverStripe | 81 | 726 | BSD-3-Clause | today |
WinterCMS: common questions
Is WinterCMS still maintained?
WinterCMS had 54 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.2.14, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.