# Halo

> Halo is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the low-code & backend category. A powerful and easy-to-use website building tool (documentation in Chinese). It has 39,927 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/halo-dev/halo |
| Website | https://www.halo.run/ |
| Demo | https://docs.halo.run/#%E5%9C%A8%E7%BA%BF%E4%BD%93%E9%AA%8C |
| GitHub stars | 39,927 |
| Forks | 10,331 |
| Open issues | 106 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Java |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Java, Docker |
| Categories | Low-code & Backend |
| Commits, last 12 months | 580 |
| Last commit | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Latest release | v2.26.1 (Sep 1, 2026) |
| Created | Mar 21, 2018 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: halo, cms, halocms, content-management-system, blog, blog-engine, website-builder

## Install

Halo ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/halo-dev/halo for the image name and environment variables.

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