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Textpattern

Flexible, elegant content management and blogging system

Blogging Platforms ★ 882 stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Textpattern is a long-established open-source CMS and blogging platform known for clean markup and a flexible tag-based templating system. It appeals to designers who want precise control.

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Key features

  • Tag-based templating
  • Clean semantic markup
  • Lightweight core
  • Plugin support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Precise control over output
  • Stable and lightweight

Trade-offs

  • Tag syntax has a learning curve
  • Smaller plugin ecosystem

Is Textpattern secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Textpattern's latest release (4.9.1). OSV.dev lists 19 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-30452, published 2026-04-21 (176 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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