Pimcore

A data and experience management platform that combines product information, digital assets, customer data and a CMS around your own data models.

3.9k stars, 1.5k forks PHP On GitHub since November 2011

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Pimcore at a glance

Open sourceUnclear licenseRead the license before commercial use
Health85 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDockerSteps in the README
Interface19 languagesIncluding English, German and French
Issue repliesWithin an hourMedian first reply; 50% of recent issues answered

What is Pimcore?

Pimcore stores data independently of any channel and delivers it to websites, shops, mobile apps, print or headless consumers through REST and GraphQL. The Core Framework is joined by extensions for product information (PIM), master data, digital assets (DAM), customer data, web content (DXP/CMS) and commerce. You define your own data objects in a class editor, link them to documents and assets, and manage everything in the Pimcore Studio admin interface, which supports 19 languages.

Good fit if

  • You manage large product catalogs that feed several sales channels and a website.
  • You need a customizable platform for complex data models rather than a simple site builder.

Look elsewhere if

Before you adopt it

Pimcore calls itself open core and licenses the platform under the Pimcore Open Core License (POCL), which our data could not identify; regard it as not open source by the OSI definition until you have reviewed those terms. Contributors sign a CLA. Development is active with about fourteen recent contributors. It is a PHP application, and a Docker setup is available.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 31 October 2026. Report a correction

How to run Pimcore yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
19 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish
Show all 19

Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian

Install instructions: pimcore.com or the README on GitHub.

Pimcore health: is it still maintained?

85 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~7 daysLatest: v2026.3.4, 3 November 2026
Issue repliesWithin an hourMedian first reply; 50% of recent issues answered
Bus factorLow riskThe most active of 12 authors wrote 28% of recent commits
  • Activity
    383 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 5 November 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    12 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 28% of them.
    15 / 20
  • Releases
    15+ releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v2026.3.4, on 3 November 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 50% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 0 hours.
    16 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 4.6 of 10.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 5 November 2026. How the score works

Pimcore security practices

OpenSSF Scorecard checks how a project is developed and released: reviews, protected branches, pinned dependencies, signed releases. It does not audit the code itself.

OpenSSF Scorecard4.6 of 10How the project is built and released
Security policyYesExplains how to report a vulnerability

What each check found

  • Binary files10 / 10No compiled binaries checked into the repository
  • Maintained10 / 10Steady commits and issue activity in the last 90 days
  • Security policy10 / 10Explains how to report a vulnerability
  • License file9 / 10A license file is present, but not where tools look for it
  • Branch protection1 / 10Rules on the main branch are partly enforced
  • Best-practices badge0 / 10No OpenSSF Best Practices badge
  • Code review0 / 10Changes are merged without review
  • Fuzzing0 / 10No fuzz testing found
  • Static analysis0 / 10No static analysis found

From the OpenSSF Scorecard of 2 November 2026. Checks that do not apply to Pimcore are left out.

Pimcore license: is it open source?

We could not identify the license of Pimcore. Check the repository before you build on it. Contributors sign a contributor license agreement, which lets the owner relicense their work later.

  1. November 2011First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayUnidentified license. A contributor license agreement is required.

Pimcore for developers

Written in

  • PHP 100%
  • Twig <1%
  • HTML <1%
  • Shell <1%

Getting involved

Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues114On GitHub
Authors, 90 days12Of the latest 100 commits

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

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Questions about Pimcore

Is Pimcore open source?

We could not identify its license, so treat it as not open source until you have checked the repository.

Is Pimcore still maintained?

Its health score is 85 of 100 (actively developed). It had 383 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 5 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 3 November 2026.

How do I run Pimcore?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Pimcore written in?

Pimcore is written mainly in PHP (100% of the code), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What languages is Pimcore available in?

The repository has interface translations for 19 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian.

What are the alternatives to Pimcore?

Close alternatives in the Websites & CMS category include Umbraco, Wagtail, Apostrophe.