October CMS

Verified detail: PHP CMS built on Laravel.

CategoryCMS

Best suited to

Editorial sites and structured publishing.

CMS market share0.1%

Key facts

Verified detail	PHP CMS built on Laravel
Best suited to	Editorial sites and structured publishing.
Before you commit	Before choosing: who handles hosting, security updates and backups?
Pricing & plans	Free license; hosting billed separately Official website ↗
Source	octobercms.com ↗

Oct 21, 2026

Introducing October CMS · October CMS Official

Free license; hosting billed separately

Single license	USD 39 / month
Unlimited licenses	USD 26 / month · billed annually

One free license includes one year of updates; renewal is USD39/year.

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Company name	October CMS
Founders	Alexey Bobkov, Sam Georges

Aug 3, 2021
Product update
October CMS 2 reached stable release, aligning its Laravel foundation with long-term support and predictable semantic versioning.
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Oct 6, 2022
Product update
October CMS 3.1 introduced native multisite management and a JavaScript AJAX framework without mandatory jQuery dependency.
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Jun 8, 2025
Governance
October CMS 4 restored public GitHub source access and moved to Laravel 12 with PHP 8.2, changing collaboration and deployment requirements.
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Mar 20, 2026
Launch
October CMS launched Meloncart, a native ecommerce platform adding products, orders, payments and shipping to its content-management ecosystem.
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Aug 30, 2026
Product update
October CMS 4.4 opened Tailor to visitor submissions, including comments, reviews and forms with moderation and spam protection.
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