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Wagtail (software)

Wagtail is a free and open source content management system (CMS) written in Python. It is popular amongst websites using the Django web framework. The project is maintained by a team of open-source contributors backed by companies around the world. The project has a focus on developer friendliness as well as ease of use of its administration interface, translated in multiple languages.

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Wagtail (CMS)
DeveloperTorchbox
ReleaseFebruary 2014 (2014-02)
Stable release
7.4.21 Edit this on Wikidata / 15 June 2026 (15 June 2026)
Written inPython
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformDjango
Available in502 languages
TypeContent management system
License3-clause BSD3
Websitewagtail.org
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Wagtail is a free and open source content management system (CMS) written in Python.4 It is popular56 amongst websites using the Django web framework.7 The project is maintained by a team of open-source contributors8 backed by companies around the world.9 The project has a focus on developer friendliness10 as well as ease of use of its administration interface, translated in multiple languages.11

History

The Wagtail project was started in 201412 by Torchbox, a digital agency. The development of the CMS evolved from being the sole action of its creators13 to receiving contributions from 46 external contributors by its version 1.014 in July 2015. Since then, development sprints have been organised15 to foster the community. During those sprints, contributors gather to work on selected topics and steer the project. As of July 2016, 257 people had directly contributed to the code and translations.16 In January 2017, the core development team had increased to nine developers and the main GitHub repository was moved from the Torchbox namespace to a dedicated Wagtail namespace.17

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  14. "wagtail/wagtail list of contributors for v1.0 on GitHub". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  15. "springload/wagtail-core-notes for the june 2016 sprint". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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  17. "Core team expansion | Wagtail CMS". Wagtail CMS. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
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  19. "Google sponsors Wagtail CMS's next-generation web content management experience". Retrieved 2023-01-10.
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  24. "NHS.UK content migration update". NHS Digital. 19 January 2018.
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