Automad
Automad is a source-available, self-hosted app in the CMS category, licensed O'Saasy License and written mainly in PHP. It ships a Docker image. It has 944 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 18, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 944
- Forks
- 61
- Open issues
- 102
- Commits, last 12 months
- 819
- Last commit
- Oct 18, 2026
- Latest release
- 2.0.0-beta.68Oct 18, 2026
- Created
- Aug 25, 2019
- License
- O'Saasy LicenseSource-available
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 18, 2026, 819 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 18, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 819 |
| Latest release | 2.0.0-beta.68 (Oct 18, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 146 |
| Open issues | 102 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Aug 25, 2019 |
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About Automad
Flat-file content management system and template engine.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/marcantondahmen/automad.
Topics
- automad
- cms
- flat-file
- template-language
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Is Automad free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Automad is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the O'Saasy License, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. The O'Saasy License is MIT-style, but it does not allow offering the software to others as a competing hosted (SaaS) service. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Automad with Docker?
Yes. Automad provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Automad?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Automad include Strapi, Payload CMS and WordPress.
Is Automad actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Automad was on Oct 18, 2026 with 819 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 2.0.0-beta.68, published Oct 18, 2026. It had 102 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.