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Webiny vs ProcessWire
Webiny has 8,049 GitHub stars, 683 forks, 352 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ProcessWire has 1,159 stars, 210 forks, 93 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Webiny leads on adoption by 594% (8,049 vs 1,159 stars). Webiny is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; ProcessWire is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. Webiny has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, ProcessWire 18%. Webiny 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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| Webiny | ProcessWire | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.0K | ★ 1.2K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 683 | ⑂ 210 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Webiny if
- You weight community size — 8.0K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ProcessWire if
- You want the ProcessWire feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and ProcessWire fits your workflow better
About Webiny
AI programmable CMS for enterprises hosting on AWS About Webiny Open source content platform. Self hosted on AWS serverless. Built as a TypeScript framework you extend with code, not a closed product you configure through a UI. Runs on Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFront inside your own AWS account. Scales automatically. No servers to manage. Infrastructure provisioned via IaC (Pulumi) in a single deploy command. Used in production by teams managing hundreds of millions of content records, petabytes of assets, and thousands of editors — including Amazon, Emirates, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and…
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About ProcessWire
Welcome to ProcessWire 3.x This document is in Markdown. An HTML formatted version of this document can be read at: Table of Contents 1. About 2. Installation 3. Upgrading 4. Troubleshooting 5. Support About ProcessWire ProcessWire is a friendly and powerful open source CMS with an API that is a joy to use at any scale. It is both a content management system (CMS) and framework (CMF) built to save you time and work the way you do. With all custom fields, a secure foundation, proven scalability and performance, ProcessWire connects all of your content seamlessly, making your job fast, easy and fun. ProcessWire…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Webiny or ProcessWire more popular?
Webiny has 8,049 GitHub stars and ProcessWire has 1,159. Webiny has the larger community by that measure.
Are Webiny and ProcessWire free?
Neither Webiny nor ProcessWire declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Webiny and ProcessWire?
Webiny is written in TypeScript and ProcessWire 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, Webiny or ProcessWire?
Choose Webiny if you want the larger community (8,049 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose ProcessWire if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.