Fork CMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Fork CMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Fork CMS's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Fork CMS | Free | Open source CMS · self-hosted |
The facts
Each one read from Fork CMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Apps
- Fork CMS includes apps and supports downloading additional apps to expand a site.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 22 Sep 2026
What it does
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Custom user roles
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Installation
- Fork CMS can be installed with Composer using `composer create-project forkcms/forkcms .` or downloaded as a release.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker names Campaign Monitor and Google Analytics as services Fork CMS works with.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Interface
- Fork CMS describes its interface as user friendly and says it is intended for beginners and professionals.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Latest listed release
- The download page lists version 5.12.0, released Tuesday 1 August 2023, as the latest release.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Marketing
- The maker says Fork CMS includes tools to learn what drives visitors and optimize a site for search engines.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Open source
- The maker describes Fork CMS as open source and says anyone can use and contribute to it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Fork CMS is a content management system for building, monitoring and updating websites.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security updates
- The 5.12.0 release notes list a fix for an open redirect issue.checked 12 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Server requirements
- The documentation lists PHP 7.1 or higher, MySQL 5.0 or higher, and Apache 2.0 with specified modules among the minimum requirements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The support page directs users to documentation, FAQ, Slack, and professional services, and says the forum is not really used anymore.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Themes
- The maker offers a collection of themes and says the community contributes new themes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Web servers
- Fork CMS is configured to work with Apache and the documentation also provides setup guidance for Nginx.checked 12 Oct 2026
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