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filament vs OrchardCore
filament has 32,075 GitHub stars, 4,208 forks, 26 open issues and last shipped yesterday. OrchardCore has 8,184 stars, 2,598 forks, 854 open issues and last shipped yesterday. filament leads on adoption by 292% (32,075 vs 8,184 stars). filament is written in PHP under MIT; OrchardCore is written in C# under BSD-3-Clause. filament has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, OrchardCore 32%. OrchardCore was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (cms), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | OrchardCore | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 8.2K |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | PHP | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.2K | ⑂ 2.6K |
| 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 OrchardCore if
- You want the OrchardCore feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and OrchardCore 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 OrchardCore
Orchard Core is an open source, modular, multi tenant application framework and content management system built on ASP.NET Core, for .NET teams that want to build or self host modular web applications and content driven sites under the BSD 3 Clause licence.
read the full OrchardCore overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is filament or OrchardCore more popular?
filament has 32,075 GitHub stars and OrchardCore has 8,184. filament has the larger community by that measure.
Are filament and OrchardCore free?
Both are open source. filament is licensed under MIT and OrchardCore under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between filament and OrchardCore?
filament is written in PHP and OrchardCore in C#. 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 OrchardCore?
Choose filament if you want the larger community (32,075 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose OrchardCore if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.