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filament vs Statamic
filament has 32,075 GitHub stars, 4,208 forks, 26 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Statamic has 4,891 stars, 642 forks, 258 open issues and last shipped yesterday. filament leads on adoption by 556% (32,075 vs 4,891 stars). filament is written in PHP under MIT; Statamic is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. filament has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Statamic 13%. Statamic was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (cms, laravel), 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 | Statamic | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 4.9K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | PHP | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.2K | ⑂ 642 |
| 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 Statamic if
- You want the Statamic feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Statamic 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 Statamic
Statamic is a content management system built for the Laravel ecosystem, distributed as a Composer package that is installed into an existing Laravel application. It describes itself as a flat first CMS powered by Laravel and Git, and the repository holds the core package rather than a standalone application. A separate application repository provides a Laravel project preconfigured with Statamic, which the Statamic CLI tool uses when creating a new project.
read the full Statamic overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is filament or Statamic more popular?
filament has 32,075 GitHub stars and Statamic has 4,891. filament has the larger community by that measure.
Are filament and Statamic free?
Both are open source. filament is licensed under MIT, and Statamic has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between filament and Statamic?
filament is written in PHP and Statamic 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 Statamic?
Choose filament if you want the larger community (32,075 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Statamic if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.