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Superdesk is an open-source, self-hosted app in the CMS category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Shell. It ships a Docker image. It has 756 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/superdesk/superdesk

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
756
Forks
238
Open issues
64
Commits, last 12 months
297
Last commit
Oct 24, 2026
Latest release
v3.5Jul 14, 2026
Created
Sep 2, 2014
License
AGPL-3.0Open source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 297 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 24, 2026
Commits, last 12 months297
Latest releasev3.5 (Jul 14, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months3
Releases, all time102
Open issues64
Open pull requests2
Good first issues0
Contributing guideNo
Security policyYes
CreatedSep 2, 2014

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About Superdesk

End-to-end news creation, production, curation, distribution, and publishing platform.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/superdesk/superdesk.

Topics

  • superdesk
  • news-creation
  • curation

Repository preview

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FAQ

Superdesk FAQ

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Is Superdesk free and open source?

Yes. Superdesk is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Superdesk with Docker?

Yes. Superdesk 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 Superdesk?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Superdesk include Strapi, Payload CMS and WordPress.

Is Superdesk actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Superdesk was on Oct 24, 2026 with 297 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v3.5, published Jul 14, 2026. It had 64 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.