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evolutioncms/evolution
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Evolution CMS is a Content Management System, ex MODX Evolution

3.5.6(2mo ago)2581.8k94[1 issues](https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution/issues)GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.3

Since Mar 23Pushed 6d ago26 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/evolutioncms/evolution)[ Docs](https://evo.im/)[ RSS](/packages/evolutioncms-evolution/feed)WikiDiscussions 3.5.x Synced today

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Evolution CMS
=============

[](#evolution-cms)

[![screenshot_1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/523389/105744390-5a720e00-5f3d-11eb-8405-7b0f7e28688a.jpg)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/523389/105744390-5a720e00-5f3d-11eb-8405-7b0f7e28688a.jpg)

[![CMS Evolution](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7c60e51aeffcac06f808665cb99acb6e3422e0821c3f41397c4cfeceb176ccfd/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f434d532d45766f6c7574696f6e2d627269676874677265656e2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/evolution-cms/evolution)[![GitHub release](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/321cbf4cc7d233ad8ac5c9818d526ae07b00a740d0174b197d5225d827bf1121/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f72656c656173652f65766f6c7574696f6e2d636d732f65766f6c7574696f6e2e737667)](https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution/releases)[![PHP version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/21b4c2237da7e05948ab24da2b5884e848f71737770a02d98815726a1f239afd/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d2533453d382e332d7265642e7376673f7068703d382e33)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/21b4c2237da7e05948ab24da2b5884e848f71737770a02d98815726a1f239afd/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d2533453d382e332d7265642e7376673f7068703d382e33)[![Issues](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f33bfab1a7c4185a32035a697072331dab36895be81171133551fad777539afc/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6973737565732d636c6f7365642d7261772f65766f6c7574696f6e2d636d732f65766f6c7574696f6e2e7376673f6d61784167653d32353932303030)](https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution/issues)[![Total Installs](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1b569a1629f81f93593e8aaeec1ed8293d8e1dce5fa39965eb746311f3ca91e4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f65766f6c7574696f6e2d636d732f65766f6c7574696f6e)](https://packagist.org/packages/evolution-cms/evolution)[![Code quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/906eb0e249634aa9fe46a8cd5a182e534c47e0f78987a46b3db3ff4c9adc3d5a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7363727574696e697a65722f672f65766f6c7574696f6e2d636d732f65766f6c7574696f6e2e7376673f6d61784167653d3235393230303026623d646576656c6f70)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/evolution-cms/evolution/?branch=develop)[![Documentation](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/da1a5b6f42bd379687fd0c1cb175c925e55f78aa9c195777ee772e6b0e9ac2b0/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f446f63756d656e746174696f6e2d70726f6365737365642d6f72616e67652e737667)](https://github.com/evolution-cms/docs/)

What is Evolution CMS
---------------------

[](#what-is-evolution-cms)

**Evolution CMS** is an open source Content Management System and Application Framework.

History
-------

[](#history)

Initially inspired by **Etomite 0.6**, then it has been **MODX Evolution 0.7 - 1.0.8** is an ongoing project written by *Raymond Irving* and a core team of contributors **MODX**, and now its **Evolution CMS** maintained by *Dmytro Lukianenko*, *Serhii Korneliuk* and a core team of contributors at the **Evolution CMS Project**.

License
-------

[](#license)

**Evolution CMS** is distributed under the **GPL license** and is now run by a professional team of developers from all over the world. Visit the Forums for more information.

Features
--------

[](#features)

**Evolution CMS** provides a fast, lightweight and powerful framework on which to deploy and secure your website and web applications.

For example, it gives you a true system for registered web users and groups that is separate from administration users. You can grant some web users access to one page and others access to another page.

For content management, you can easily duplicate documents, folders (and all their children!), chunks and snippets.

Most significant, though, is **Evolution CMS's** ability to empower you to quickly and easily create and maintain a rich and dynamic website like never before.

Install
-------

[](#install)

You can use the single click installer: [Evolution CMS Installer](https://github.com/evolution-cms/installer)Evolution CMS 3.5.x requires **PHP &gt;= 8.3**. Recommend **PHP &gt;= 8.4**.

References
----------

[](#references)

Official Website:

Telegram group:

English Forum:

Download:

Extras / Add-ons:

Documentation:

Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7ZUn62Qln\_OhHSVaFTTig](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7ZUn62Qln_OhHSVaFTTig)

###  Health Score

68

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance93

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community35

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity93

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor4

4 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 ~47 days

Recently: every ~31 days

Total

64

Last Release

8d ago

Major Versions

2.0.x-dev → 3.1.92022-02-17

1.4.17 → 3.1.102022-03-01

1.4.18 → 3.2.32023-08-29

1.4.x-dev → 3.2.62025-05-25

3.2.x-dev → 5.0.x-dev2026-02-05

PHP version history (9 changes)1.4.2PHP &gt;=5.6

2.0.0-alphaPHP &gt;=7.1.3

2.0.0-RCPHP &gt;=7.2

3.0RC3PHP &gt;=7.3

3.2.0PHP &gt;=8.1

1.4.18PHP &gt;=7.0

3.2.6PHP &gt;=8.2

3.3.0PHP ^8.3

3.2.x-devPHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/669491?v=4)[Dmytro Lukianenko](/maintainers/dmi3yy)[@Dmi3yy](https://github.com/Dmi3yy)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/45df310de1ec27dc7eaf1c505371f79f2f36c2078da13c83acb421509affab84?d=identicon)[seiger](/maintainers/seiger)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cd6eeb152aa8a6a81b05883f09f583f4fafbc50935495d79a2d8a01e0e5f9aa6?d=identicon)[Agel Nash](/maintainers/Agel%20Nash)

---

Top Contributors

[![Dmi3yy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/669491?v=4)](https://github.com/Dmi3yy "Dmi3yy (2453 commits)")[![yama](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73999?v=4)](https://github.com/yama "yama (1295 commits)")[![Ser1ous](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4497968?v=4)](https://github.com/Ser1ous "Ser1ous (840 commits)")[![rthrash](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/234237?v=4)](https://github.com/rthrash "rthrash (641 commits)")[![64j](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4653189?v=4)](https://github.com/64j "64j (605 commits)")[![Nicola1971](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7342798?v=4)](https://github.com/Nicola1971 "Nicola1971 (592 commits)")[![Deesen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8569221?v=4)](https://github.com/Deesen "Deesen (587 commits)")[![Jako](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/148371?v=4)](https://github.com/Jako "Jako (433 commits)")[![Seiger](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12029039?v=4)](https://github.com/Seiger "Seiger (419 commits)")[![AgelxNash](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1748872?v=4)](https://github.com/AgelxNash "AgelxNash (378 commits)")[![opengeek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/232812?v=4)](https://github.com/opengeek "opengeek (293 commits)")[![Pathologic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3012304?v=4)](https://github.com/Pathologic "Pathologic (236 commits)")[![mkschell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/121744?v=4)](https://github.com/mkschell "mkschell (212 commits)")[![bossloper](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1744687?v=4)](https://github.com/bossloper "bossloper (212 commits)")[![Segr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3256443?v=4)](https://github.com/Segr "Segr (153 commits)")[![mnoskov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8789957?v=4)](https://github.com/mnoskov "mnoskov (111 commits)")[![middleDuckAi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/269711613?v=4)](https://github.com/middleDuckAi "middleDuckAi (94 commits)")[![elcreator](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/974975?v=4)](https://github.com/elcreator "elcreator (85 commits)")[![MrSwed](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5120610?v=4)](https://github.com/MrSwed "MrSwed (82 commits)")[![xwisdom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97692?v=4)](https://github.com/xwisdom "xwisdom (69 commits)")

---

Tags

routingcontenttemplatingcms

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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