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    wagtail

    wagtail/wagtail

    A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience

    backend
    cms
    django
    hacktoberfest
    python
    wagtail
    Python
    BSD-3-Clause
    20.6K stars
    4.7K forks
    335 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 5, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 3 days ago, with 339 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #46 in the weekly ranking the week of Feb 22, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • A Django-based content management system designed for flexibility and an intuitive user experience.
    • Offers precise control over front-end design while scaling efficiently to millions of pages and thousands of editors.
    • Use for building scalable, multi-language websites with a user-friendly interface for content authors.
    • Use for creating headless CMS solutions with a content API to decouple front-end and back-end development.
    • Use for integrating a powerful, customizable CMS into existing Django projects with strong community and commercial support.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    BSD 3-Clause

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django, with a strong community and commercial support. It's focused on user experience, and offers precise control for designers and developers.

    Find out more at wagtail.org.

    Wagtail works with Python 3, on any platform.

    To get started with using Wagtail, run the following in a virtual environment:

    For detailed installation and setup docs, see the getting started tutorial.

    Excerpt from the wagtail/wagtail README on GitHub (BSD-3-Clause license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    4.7K+113

    Open issues

    1.0K-35

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