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Umbraco

Umbraco is an open-source, self-hosted app in the CMS category, licensed MIT and written mainly in C#. It has 5,276 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
5,276
Forks
2,940
Open issues
420
Commits, last 12 months
2,893
Last commit
Oct 26, 2026
Latest release
release-18.2.1Oct 6, 2026
Created
Jun 10, 2013
License
MITOpen source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 2,893 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 26, 2026
Commits, last 12 months2,893
Latest releaserelease-18.2.1 (Oct 6, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months6
Releases, all time181
Open issues420
Open pull requests129
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyYes
CreatedJun 10, 2013

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About Umbraco

The friendly CMS. Free and open source with an amazing community.

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

Topics

  • umbraco-cms
  • cms
  • umbraco
  • csharp
  • hacktoberfest
  • dotnet-core
  • asp-net-core

Repository preview

Umbraco repository previewumbraco/Umbraco-CMSOpen repository

FAQ

Umbraco FAQ

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Is Umbraco free and open source?

Yes. Umbraco is open-source software released under the MIT 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 Umbraco with Docker?

Umbraco does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (.NET), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.

What are the best alternatives to Umbraco?

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

Is Umbraco actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Umbraco was on Oct 26, 2026 with 2,893 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is release-18.2.1, published Oct 6, 2026. It had 420 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.