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Originally known as October CMS. v1.2.12(2mo ago)1.5k43.3k↓24.1%235[62 issues](https://github.com/wintercms/winter/issues)[46 PRs](https://github.com/wintercms/winter/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=8.1CI passing Since Apr 2Pushed 1mo ago39 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/wintercms/winter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/wintercms/winter)[ Docs](https://wintercms.com)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/wintercms)[ Fund](https://opencollective.com/wintercms)[ RSS](/packages/wintercms-winter/feed)WikiDiscussions develop Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (12)Versions (241)Used By (0)Security (4) [![Winter CMS Logo](https://github.com/wintercms/winter/raw/develop/.github/assets/Github%20Banner.png?raw=true)](https://github.com/wintercms/winter/raw/develop/.github/assets/Github%20Banner.png?raw=true) [Winter](https://wintercms.com) is a free, open-source content management system based on the [Laravel](https://laravel.com) PHP framework. Developers and agencies all around the world rely upon Winter for its quick prototyping and development, safe and secure codebase and dedication to simplicity. No matter how large or small your project is, Winter provides a rich development environment, regardless of your level of experience. [![Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bd49e7e5ef64585cb34d09f01cd1fbfccc9977c59f511fe7ce9f240408a74c09/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f762f72656c656173652f77696e746572636d732f77696e7465723f736f72743d73656d766572267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/wintercms/winter/releases)[![Tests](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/117b2f59f04cec379db9ecffffc35035cec65efd546b3bafdc105b7cf07cbb11/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f77696e746572636d732f77696e7465722f74657374732e796d6c3f6272616e63683d646576656c6f70266c6162656c3d7465737473267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/wintercms/winter/actions)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/929a8af3a204addc4c24913e8f961b162e76fd5645024e6162dbebdffc8fe9c4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f77696e746572636d732f77696e7465723f6c6162656c3d6f70656e253230736f75726365267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/wintercms/winter)[![Discord](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fcbd0213d254d78033562378102737206c60e6e6113c08551434eebfbb37ee3a/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f646973636f72642d6a6f696e2d707572706c653f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265266c6f676f3d646973636f7264266c6f676f436f6c6f723d7768697465)](https://discord.gg/D5MFSPH6Ux) Installing Winter ----------------- [](#installing-winter) Winter can be installed in several ways for both new users and experienced developers - see our [Installation page](https://wintercms.com/install) for more information. ### Quick start with Composer [](#quick-start-with-composer) For advanced users, run the following command in your terminal to install Winter via Composer: ``` composer create-project wintercms/winter example.com "dev-develop" ``` Run the following command with the folder created by the previous command to generate an environment file which will contain your configuration settings: ``` php artisan winter:env ``` After configuring your installation, you can run the following command to run the database migrations and automatically create an administrator account with the username `admin`. The password of this account will be automatically generated and displayed in your terminal. ``` php artisan winter:up ``` Learning Winter --------------- [](#learning-winter) The best place to learn Winter is by [reading the documentation](https://wintercms.com/docs) or [following some tutorials](https://wintercms.com/blog/category/tutorials). You can also join the maintenance team and our active community on [Discord](https://discord.gg/D5MFSPH6Ux) who are always willing to help out with questions. Development team ---------------- [](#development-team) Winter was forked from October CMS in March 2021 due to a difference in open source management philosophies between the core maintainer team and the two founders of October. The development of Winter is lead by [Luke Towers](https://luketowers.ca/), along with many wonderful people that dedicate their time to help support and grow the community. The [Frostbyte Foundation](mailto:hello@frostbytefoundation.org) provides an organisational backing for the project and the continued development of Winter, its plugins and themes and its ecosystem. [![Luke Towers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7253840?v=3) **Luke Towers**](https://github.com/luketowers) [![Ben Thomson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15900351?v=3) **Ben Thomson**](https://github.com/bennothommo) [![Marc Jauvin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2013630?v=3) **Marc Jauvin**](https://github.com/mjauvin) [![Jack Wilkinson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31214002?v=4) **Jack Wilkinson**](https://github.com/jaxwilko) [![Damien Mathieu](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fd45b1c7518fb416fb4f7a3dd8015ac8b4f383e6ecb23a129fe09e76df89de93/68747470733a2f2f63646e2e77696e746572636d732e636f6d2f6d656469612f636f696e732f6865616473686f74732f31392e6a7067) **Damien Mathieu**](https://github.com/damsfx) Foundation library ------------------ [](#foundation-library) Winter is built on top of the wildly-popular [Laravel](https://laravel.com) framework for PHP, with the in-house [Storm](https://github.com/wintercms/storm) library as a buffer between the Laravel framework and the Winter project, to minimize breaking changes and improve stability. Getting in touch ---------------- [](#getting-in-touch) You can get in touch with the maintainer team using the following mediums: - [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/usewintercms) for announcements and updates. - [Join us on Discord](https://discord.gg/D5MFSPH6Ux) to chat with us. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Before contributing issues or pull requests, be sure to review the [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/wintercms/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) first. ### Coding standards [](#coding-standards) Please follow the following guides and code standards: - [PSR 4 Coding Standards](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-4-autoloader.md) - [PSR 2 Coding Style Guide](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-2-coding-style-guide.md) - [PSR 1 Coding Standards](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-1-basic-coding-standard.md) ### Code of conduct [](#code-of-conduct) In order to ensure that the Winter community is welcoming to all, please review and abide by the [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/wintercms/.github/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). Sponsors -------- [](#sponsors) Winter CMS development is financially supported by the generosity of the following sponsors. If you would like to have your name, company and link added to this list and support open-source development, feel free to make a donation to our [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/wintercms). ### Organizations [](#organizations) [ ![Laravel logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laravel/art/refs/heads/master/logo-type/5%20svg/3%20RGB/1%20Full%20Color/laravel-logotype-rgb-red.svg)](https://laravel.com/?ref=wintercms)Laravel provides [Laravel Vapor](https://vapor.laravel.com/?ref=wintercms) to the Winter CMS project which is used to power the serverless PHP hosting used for our [main website and documentation](https://wintercms.com/). [ ![Froala logo](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/429e948da542f03d74bba739f41f9581c97dc45e86d064e2ab66f08ea74727b6/68747470733a2f2f66726f616c612e636f6d2f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f323031392f31302f66726f616c612e737667)](https://froala.com/wysiwyg-editor/)Froala provides a perpetual, Enterprise license to Winter CMS which allows us and our users to use the Froala WYSIWYG Editor in Winter CMS powered projects. ### Individuals [](#individuals) Big thanks to our sponsors on OpenCollective: - Orville License ------- [](#license) The Winter platform is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). Security vulnerabilities ------------------------ [](#security-vulnerabilities) Please review [our security policy](https://github.com/wintercms/winter/security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities. ### Health Score 70 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance86 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity55 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community34 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity91 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 50.3% 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 ~19 days Recently: every ~0 days Total 188 Last Release 87d ago PHP version history (9 changes)v1.0.319PHP >=5.5.9 v1.0.420PHP >=7.0 v1.0.461PHP >=7.0.8 v1.1.0PHP >=7.2 v1.1.2PHP >=7.2.9 v1.1.8PHP ^7.2.9|^8.0 v1.1.9PHP ^7.2.9|~8.0.0 v1.2.0PHP ^8.0.2 v1.2.8PHP >=8.1 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7253840?v=4)[Luke Towers](/maintainers/LukeTowers)[@LukeTowers](https://github.com/LukeTowers) --- Top Contributors [![daftspunk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1392869?v=4)](https://github.com/daftspunk "daftspunk (3045 commits)")[![LukeTowers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7253840?v=4)](https://github.com/LukeTowers "LukeTowers (1190 commits)")[![bennothommo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15900351?v=4)](https://github.com/bennothommo "bennothommo (560 commits)")[![alekseybobkov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/481606?v=4)](https://github.com/alekseybobkov "alekseybobkov (326 commits)")[![jaxwilko](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31214002?v=4)](https://github.com/jaxwilko "jaxwilko (169 commits)")[![mjauvin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2013630?v=4)](https://github.com/mjauvin "mjauvin (144 commits)")[![gergo85](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2959112?v=4)](https://github.com/gergo85 "gergo85 (94 commits)")[![gabsource](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1851314?v=4)](https://github.com/gabsource "gabsource (52 commits)")[![Flynsarmy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/334808?v=4)](https://github.com/Flynsarmy "Flynsarmy (51 commits)")[![gpasztor87](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3843377?v=4)](https://github.com/gpasztor87 "gpasztor87 (45 commits)")[![WebVPF](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61043464?v=4)](https://github.com/WebVPF "WebVPF (41 commits)")[![stefantalen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2243967?v=4)](https://github.com/stefantalen "stefantalen (34 commits)")[![nathan-van-der-werf](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1123054?v=4)](https://github.com/nathan-van-der-werf "nathan-van-der-werf (28 commits)")[![alxy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2057062?v=4)](https://github.com/alxy "alxy (23 commits)")[![scottbedard](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7980426?v=4)](https://github.com/scottbedard "scottbedard (22 commits)")[![tobias-kuendig](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8600029?v=4)](https://github.com/tobias-kuendig "tobias-kuendig (22 commits)")[![damsfx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/282242?v=4)](https://github.com/damsfx "damsfx (20 commits)")[![Samuell1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3110002?v=4)](https://github.com/Samuell1 "Samuell1 (19 commits)")[![arvislacis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/626982?v=4)](https://github.com/arvislacis "arvislacis (19 commits)")[![vojtasvoboda](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/374917?v=4)](https://github.com/vojtasvoboda "vojtasvoboda (17 commits)") --- Tags cmscms-platformhacktoberfestlaravelphpwinterwintercmslaravelcmscmfwinterwintercms ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/wintercms-winter/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/wintercms-winter/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/wintercms-winter) ``` ### Alternatives [orchid/platform Platform for back-office applications, admin panel or CMS your Laravel app. 4.8k2.5M59](/packages/orchid-platform)[microweber/microweber New generation CMS with drag and drop 3.4k13.8k1](/packages/microweber-microweber)[statamic/statamic Statamic 824170.4k](/packages/statamic-statamic)[nasirkhan/laravel-starter A CMS like modular Laravel starter project. 1.4k2.7k](/packages/nasirkhan-laravel-starter)[kompo/kompo Laravel & Vue.js FullStack Components for Rapid Application Development 11812.4k21](/packages/kompo-kompo)[reinvanoyen/cmf A flexible and extendable solution for all your content management needs 1025.5k](/packages/reinvanoyen-cmf) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)