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civicrm/civicrm-core
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Open source constituent relationship management for non-profits, NGOs and advocacy organizations.

6.16.2(3w ago)762297.9k—3.1%891[9 issues](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/issues)[226 PRs](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pulls)20AGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.1.2

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[![](i/logo_lg.png)](i/logo_lg.png) Welcome to CiviCRM
======================================================

[](#-welcome-to-civicrm)

About
-----

[](#about)

CiviCRM is a constituent relationship management system designed to meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups. It is an open source project, licensed under GNU AGPL 3, and coordinated by CiviCRM LLC. The project website is

CiviCRM is released as a Standalone PHP web application, and as a module that runs within the Backdrop, Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress content management systems.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The download URLs and installation instructions are available on our website:

Detailed installation instructions can be found [in our sysadmin guide](https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/).

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Documentation can be found at

Support
-------

[](#support)

Answers for users, administrators &amp; integrators:

Paid support available from

Development and Bugs
--------------------

[](#development-and-bugs)

Developers are highly encouraged to join [chat.civicrm.org](https://chat.civicrm.org) and post questions and ideas in the [Developer Discussion room](https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm/channels/dev).

Installing the latest developmental code requires some [special steps](https://docs.civicrm.org/dev/en/latest/tools/git/).

Report all issues to CiviCRM via GitLab:

###  Health Score

78

—

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance96

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity62

Solid adoption and visibility

Community51

Growing community involvement

Maturity91

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~8 days

Total

538

Last Release

20d ago

Major Versions

4.7.31 → 5.0.02018-04-05

4.6.37 → 5.2.02018-06-06

4.6.38 → 5.3.12018-07-18

4.6.x-dev → 5.4.12018-08-26

5.82.1 → 6.0.02025-03-06

PHP version history (9 changes)5.17.0PHP ~7.0

5.25.0PHP ~7.1

5.35.0PHP ~7.2

5.40.0PHP ~7.2 || ~8

5.50.0PHP ~7.2.5 || ~7.3 || ~8

5.58.0PHP ~7.3 || ~8

5.70.0PHP ~7.4 || ~8

6.0.0PHP ~8.0

6.12.0PHP ^8.1.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1336047?v=4)[Tim Otten](/maintainers/totten)[@totten](https://github.com/totten)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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