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thunder/thunder-distribution
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The thunder distribution

8.3.6(1mo ago)51661.9k↓32.3%29[18 PRs](https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/pulls)3GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=8.3CI failing

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[![Thunder](./files/images/thunder.svg?sanitize=true)](./files/images/thunder.svg?sanitize=true) Thunder [![Tweet](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cb820a0ecc9645168e33b03925d7f14691262ddbaeaf66a0a91697803d0cba2d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f747769747465722f75726c2f687474702f736869656c64732e696f2e7376673f7374796c653d736f6369616c)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I%20just%20tried%20ThunderCMS.%20The%20CMS%20for%20professional%20publishing!&url=https://www.thunder.org&via=ThunderCoreTeam&hashtags=drupal8,publishing,ThunderCMS)
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[](#-thunder-)

[![Build Status](https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/workflows/.github/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/thunder/thunder-distribution/actions)

Thunder is a Drupal distribution for professional publishers. It consists of the current Drupal functionality, lots of useful modules from publishers and industry partners, and an environment which makes it easy to install, deploy and add new functionality.

Installing Thunder
------------------

[](#installing-thunder)

Instructions on how to install Thunder can be found at the [installation guide](https://thunder.github.io/developer-guide/setup.html#install-thunder).

### Updating Thunder 3 to Thunder 6

[](#updating-thunder-3-to-thunder-6)

If you want to update from Thunder 3 to Thunder 6 some manual steps are necessary, they are described here:

[How to update Thunder 3 to Thunder 6](https://thunder.github.io/developer-guide/migration/migrate-3-6.html)

Feature Highlights
------------------

[](#feature-highlights)

### [![Storytelling](./files/images/story_fireplace_b.png)](./files/images/story_fireplace_b.png) Storytelling

[](#-storytelling)

Create thrilling articles with multimedia content. It’s easy to enrich your article with pictures, video, and social media snippets and arrange everything as you like it.

[![Storytelling](./files/images/storytelling.png)](./files/images/storytelling.png)

### [![Storytelling](./files/images/media_handling_b_0.png)](./files/images/media_handling_b_0.png) Media handling

[](#-media-handling)

Add pictures, galleries and videos to your article by just dragging and dropping everything right where you need it.

### [![Storytelling](./files/images/mobile_friendly_e_0.png)](./files/images/mobile_friendly_e_0.png) Mobile friendly

[](#-mobile-friendly)

With Thunder, editors and administrators can work from any device – on the go, easy and fast. Users benefit from a modern and flexible front end.

[![Mobile preview](./files/images/mobile.png)](./files/images/mobile.png)

### [![Storytelling](./files/images/schedule_content_g_0.png)](./files/images/schedule_content_g_0.png) Schedule content

[](#-schedule-content)

Plan at which day and time articles should be published – and when they shouldn’t be visible to the public anymore.

### [![Storytelling](./files/images/flexible_system_b_0.png)](./files/images/flexible_system_b_0.png) Flexible system

[](#-flexible-system)

Benefit from a wide range of additional functionality by industry partners or by one of more than 2,500 modules from the Drupal community.

### [![Storytelling](./files/images/drupal_community_b_1.png)](./files/images/drupal_community_b_1.png) Open Source

[](#-open-source)

Using open source technology reduces development costs and resources and makes you part of the Drupal community with more than 100,000 users actively contributing.

*[More information about the modules used in Thunder](https://thunder.github.io/user-guide/feature-overview.html)*

Support
-------

[](#support)

For general help using Thunder, please refer to [the official Thunder documentation](https://thunder.github.io).

### Community support

[](#community-support)

For additional help, you can use one of these channels to ask question:

- [Slack](https://thunder.org/contact-us) (highly recommended for faster support)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ThunderCoreTeam)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Thunder-CMS-168018513979183/).

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

If you want to help, to make Thunder even better, please take a look at the [contributing guidelines](docs/contributing.md).

Development
-----------

[](#development)

For information on the installation and development of Thunder, please take a look at [docs/developer-guide](docs/developer-guide).

###  Health Score

72

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ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance97

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community30

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity93

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 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 ~18 days

Recently: every ~10 days

Total

136

Last Release

17d ago

Major Versions

6.5.6 → 7.0.02023-06-15

6.5.x-dev → 7.1.12023-08-28

7.4.x-dev → 8.0.x-dev2025-06-05

7.5.0 → 8.2.02025-07-16

7.5.1 → 8.2.22025-08-06

PHP version history (3 changes)6.3.5PHP >=7.4

7.0.0-beta1PHP >=8.1

8.0.x-devPHP >=8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dfe90fee04d5ef4d2bd1ea46dc65f6aec95b2486e2ce47f3439b3e06eb2f37dd?d=identicon)[dbosen](/maintainers/dbosen)

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Top Contributors

[![chrfritsch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/731161?v=4)](https://github.com/chrfritsch "chrfritsch (942 commits)")[![dbosen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6398151?v=4)](https://github.com/dbosen "dbosen (809 commits)")[![ol0lll](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5558666?v=4)](https://github.com/ol0lll "ol0lll (132 commits)")[![mtodor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3965286?v=4)](https://github.com/mtodor "mtodor (111 commits)")[![alexpott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/769634?v=4)](https://github.com/alexpott "alexpott (27 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (18 commits)")[![tjwelde](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1248214?v=4)](https://github.com/tjwelde "tjwelde (13 commits)")[![jakubhnilicka](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5845327?v=4)](https://github.com/jakubhnilicka "jakubhnilicka (4 commits)")[![Cyberschorsch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/273226?v=4)](https://github.com/Cyberschorsch "Cyberschorsch (4 commits)")[![drupalmind](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2081894?v=4)](https://github.com/drupalmind "drupalmind (4 commits)")[![IT-Cru](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10243292?v=4)](https://github.com/IT-Cru "IT-Cru (2 commits)")[![landsman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3184228?v=4)](https://github.com/landsman "landsman (2 commits)")[![nissen-chris](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12686486?v=4)](https://github.com/nissen-chris "nissen-chris (2 commits)")[![steffenr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/190477?v=4)](https://github.com/steffenr "steffenr (2 commits)")[![webflo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/123946?v=4)](https://github.com/webflo "webflo (1 commits)")[![gitressa](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3491208?v=4)](https://github.com/gitressa "gitressa (1 commits)")[![mrmishmash](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11272843?v=4)](https://github.com/mrmishmash "mrmishmash (1 commits)")

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