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circulatecms/circulate
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A simple flat-file CMS powered by PHP, Markdown and Blade templates.

0.2.0(8y ago)352633[2 issues](https://github.com/CirculateCMS/circulate/issues)MITBlade

Since Mar 8Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (3)Versions (3)Used By (0)

Nov 2020: Circulate has been discontinued and superseded by
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[](#nov-2020-circulate-has-been-discontinued-and-superseded-by-httpsgithubcomsaazesaaze)

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Circulate CMS
=============

[](#circulate-cms)

Circulate is a simple flat-file CMS powered by PHP, Markdown and Blade templates.

Get Started
-----------

[](#get-started)

To get started with Circulate check out [the documentation](https://circulatecms.com/docs).

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Circulate was created by [Gilbert Pellegrom](https://gilbitron.me) from [Dev7studios](https://dev7studios.co). Released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~26 days

Total

2

Last Release

2963d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/20011de485eeea26b5582c75daaab217937832762b5d5f551d34d07f74138bb0?d=identicon)[gilbitron](/maintainers/gilbitron)

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Top Contributors

[![gilbitron](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/203882?v=4)](https://github.com/gilbitron "gilbitron (16 commits)")

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