Automad
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Automad, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Automad's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Automad | Free | Free to use for private and commercial projects · MIT licensed · Self-hosted PHP application |
The facts
Each one read from Automad's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Airtable integration
- Custom snippet blocks can embed and customize Airmad, an Airtable integration, within the dashboard.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Demo limits
- The free online demo requires no sign-up, runs for one hour before being discarded, and offers only the latest release.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Official installation options include Docker, Composer and manual download, with Apache, Caddy and FrankenPHP, LiteSpeed or Nginx recommended for production.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editing
- Its browser-based dashboard supports settings, image uploads, theme installation and blog editing, and it includes block editing and in-page editing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Embeds
- The block editor supports pasted URL embeds from services including YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, SoundCloud and Mixcloud.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Automad can be extended with themes and PHP extensions installed through its dashboard or Composer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Headless API
- Headless mode makes data and files accessible through a read-only JSON API.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says limited telemetry may include the public domain name, Automad version and server type, and that private content and user data are not transmitted.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Automad is a flat-file content management system and template engine.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- Automad version 2 requires PHP 8.2 or newer with the GD, cURL and ZIP modules, plus a modern browser for the dashboard.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The dashboard can be assigned a custom URL or disabled on a public site.checked 12 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Storage
- Automad requires no database and stores content in human-readable text files that can be placed under version control.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can ask questions or request features through community discussions, report bugs on GitHub, or contact the maker by email; the maker says email replies may not be immediate.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Version status
- The getting-started page says Automad version 2 is in beta, considered stable and safe for production, and recommends it for new projects; version 1 is no longer supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- Automad is a project by Marc Anton Dahmen, a senior software engineer based in Basel, Switzerland.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 23 Sep 2026
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