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This is an example website for Contao, a powerful open source CMS that allows you to create professional websites and scalable web applications.

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Contao Demo Website
===================

[](#contao-demo-website)

This is an example website for Contao, a powerful open source CMS that allows you to create professional websites and scalable web applications.

 [![packagist version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/270f366c9a1b40ee9dc3fd1a5146081f3670fe9393a3587a421780d6e4bb7666/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f636f6e74616f2f636f6e74616f2d64656d6f2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/contao/contao-demo) [![license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c8eb9b771326af7cd385e02b17ccc27056d1934ca51f09732bc10ab63229fee7/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f636f6e74616f2f636f6e74616f2d64656d6f3f636f6c6f723d326637643332)](https://github.com/contao/contao-demo) [![amount of downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0f8874a7bc0cb5e6cbf7bd804e6fcaa1ebb61f66b14f0d952929fd00c42d1218/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f636f6e74616f2f636f6e74616f2d64656d6f3f636f6c6f723d663437633030)](https://packagist.org/packages/contao/contao-demo)

[![demo-preview.jpg](docs/assets/demo-preview.jpg "Preview image of the contao demo website")](docs/assets/demo-preview.jpg)

About
-----

[](#about)

On the [demo website](https://demo.contao.org), you will find demonstrations and examples of some of the features this CMS has to offer. The Contao demo website can be added when installing the CMS and is designed to help you get started with your first web projects.

Visit the [project website](https://contao.org) to learn more about Contao.

Table of contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Versions](#versions)
- [Installation](#installation)
    - [Contao Manager](#on-the-contao-manager)
    - [Composer](#using-composer)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)
- [Credits](#credits)

Versions
--------

[](#versions)

The demo website is maintained for the currently supported Contao versions. See the [Contao release plan](https://to.contao.org/release-plan) for details. Each version has a separate branch in this Git repository.

We also have *rolling release tags*. This means the latest commit on each branch is tagged with the respective Contao minor release. As an example, the branch "5.7.x" has a tag "5.7" on the latest commit. These tags enable you to install the latest demo content for any Contao minor version.

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

[](#installation)

The demo website can be installed alongside Contao, either through the Contao Manager or with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) on the command line.

### On the Contao Manager

[](#on-the-contao-manager)

When installing a fresh Contao application, select the desired version and check the "Install the Contao demo website" checkbox. Make sure to also import the database backup when the Contao Manager asks you to. That's it!

### Using Composer

[](#using-composer)

This repository functions as a *Composer project*. You can install a full Contao application and this demo using the `create-project` command. We're assuming here you are familiar with the command line and Composer and have a functioning PHP and webserver setup.

1. Run the following command to create your project ```
    composer create-project contao/contao-demo:5.7 your-new-website

    ```
2. Connect the database e.g. through `DATABASE_URL` in your `.env.local` file. ```
    # env.local / make sure to use the correct parameters
    DATABASE_URL="mysql://db_user:db_password@127.0.0.1:3306/db_name"
    ```
3. Import the database backup using the following command ```
    php vendor/bin/contao-console contao:backup:restore

    ```
4. Finalize the database and run the migrations ```
    php vendor/bin/contao-console contao:migrate

    ```
5. *Optional:* create a separate back end user account and follow the instructions in your CLI ```
    php vendor/bin/contao-console contao:user:create

    ```

Login
-----

[](#login)

Once the official Contao demo is installed, access the backend with any of the following credentials:

RoleUserPasswordAdministrator`k.jones``kevinjones`Editor`h.lewis``helenlewis`Editor`j.wilson``jameswilson`Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

We use GitHub to collect issues and feature requests for the demo website. Feel free to open issues if you have found a typing mistake or have ideas for new example content.

For general questions about Contao or the demo, please refer to the [community forums](https://community.contao.org) or our [Slack channel](https://to.contao.org/support).

License
-------

[](#license)

The Contao demo website is licensed under the terms of the [CreativeCommons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA-4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license.

**TL;DR**You are free to use the Contao demo website as a base for any website you build, even commercially. However, you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

The screen design for the Contao Official Demo was sponsored by the Contao Association and borowiakziehe KG. It has been designed by Dennis Weinhardt whom we would like to thank for the great work.

The Contao demo website is maintained by volunteers of the respective [Contao team](https://to.contao.org/team). It supersedes the [Contao Official Demo](https://github.com/contao/official-demo), our previous Contao example website. Many thanks to the Official Demo team for their contributions in the past.

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance63

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.1% 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 ~77 days

Recently: every ~3 days

Total

11

Last Release

84d ago

Major Versions

4.13.x-dev → 5.3.x-dev2026-02-11

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