Wagtail (CMS)

Wagtail is a free and open source content management system (CMS) written in Python.^[4] It is popular^[5][6] amongst websites using the Django web framework.^[7] The project is maintained by a team of open-source contributors^[8] backed by companies around the world.^[9] The project has a focus on developer friendliness^[10] as well as ease of use of its administration interface, translated in multiple languages.^[11]

Wagtail (CMS)
Wagtail interface
Developer(s)	Torchbox
Initial release	February 2014; 11 years ago (2014-02)
Stable release	7.0.1[1]  / 12 June 2025; 46 days ago (12 June 2025)
Repository	github.com/wagtail/wagtail
Written in	Python
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	Django
Available in	50[2] languages
Type	Content management system
License	3-clause BSD[3]
Website	wagtail.org

History

The Wagtail project was started in 2014^[12] by Torchbox, a digital agency. The development of the CMS evolved from being the sole action of its creators^[13] to receiving contributions from 46 external contributors by its version 1.0^[14] in July 2015. Since then, development sprints have been organised^[15] 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]

Notable uses

• NASA for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory website ^[18]
• Google blog ^[19]
• The 18F agency of the US Government for beta.FEC.gov^{[citation needed]}
• Peace Corps on their site^{[citation needed]}
• New Zealand Red Cross on their site^{[citation needed]}
• University of Pennsylvania for the Wharton Tech Blog^[20]
• University of Duhok for their site^{[citation needed]}
• California Institute of Technology for their site ^[21]
• University of Tasmania for multiple sites^{[citation needed]}
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for their site ^[22]
• The UK's National Health Service migrated their main site to Wagtail, beginning in 2017.^[23][24]
• Nebraska Public Media — the state's PBS and NPR stations — use it for their site.^{[citation needed]}