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filament vs Drupal
filament has 32,075 GitHub stars, 4,208 forks, 26 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Drupal has 4,284 stars, 1,986 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped yesterday. filament leads on adoption by 649% (32,075 vs 4,284 stars). filament is written in PHP under MIT; Drupal is written in PHP under a licence not recorded in this registry. filament has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Drupal 46%. Drupal was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| filament | Drupal | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 4.3K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | PHP | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.2K | ⑂ 2.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick filament if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Drupal if
- You want the Drupal feature set and don't need the biggest community
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Drupal fits your workflow better
About filament
Filament is a free, MIT licensed UI framework for Laravel, built on Livewire, that gives PHP developers a cohesive set of components for building applications and admin panels quickly.
read the full filament overview →
About Drupal
Drupal is an open source content management platform written in PHP, built to support websites that range from personal weblogs to large community driven websites. It lives in the Content & Publishing ecosystem, specifically in the Content Management Systems category, and has been developed by an international community on Drupal.org since 2001. The project is published under a license that ships inside the source tree at /core/LICENSE.txt , and the homepage for the distribution is at https://drupal.org/project/drupal.
read the full Drupal overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is filament or Drupal more popular?
filament has 32,075 GitHub stars and Drupal has 4,284. filament has the larger community by that measure.
Are filament and Drupal free?
Both are open source. filament is licensed under MIT, and Drupal has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between filament and Drupal?
filament is written in PHP and Drupal in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, filament or Drupal?
Choose filament if you want the larger community (32,075 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Drupal if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.