<s>
October	O
is	O
a	O
self-hosted	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
(	O
CMS	O
)	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
and	O
Laravel	B-Language
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
SQLite	B-Language
and	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
for	O
the	O
database	O
backend	O
and	O
uses	O
a	O
flat	B-Application
file	I-Application
database	I-Application
for	O
the	O
front	O
end	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
October	O
CMS	O
covers	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
capabilities	O
such	O
as	O
users	O
,	O
permissions	O
,	O
themes	O
,	O
and	O
plugins	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
simpler	O
alternative	O
to	O
WordPress	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
small	O
learning	O
curve	O
and	O
a	O
template	O
system	O
easily	O
manageable	O
with	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
October	O
is	O
the	O
second-most	O
starred	O
PHP	B-Application
CMS	O
repository	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
is	O
17th	O
most	O
popular	O
on	O
the	O
Entire	O
Internet	O
in	O
Open	O
Source	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
won	O
the	O
CMS	O
Critic	O
People	O
's	O
Choice	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Flat	B-Application
File	I-Application
CMS	O
for	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
October	O
CMS	O
transitioned	O
from	O
using	O
an	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
to	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
model	O
citing	O
concerns	O
over	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
sustainability	O
with	O
the	O
open-source	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flat	B-Application
files	I-Application
are	O
used	O
to	O
serve	O
the	O
website	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Includes	O
an	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
framework	I-General_Concept
built	O
in	O
for	O
back-end	O
and	O
front-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uses	O
Twig	B-Language
as	O
templating	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
manager	O
with	O
CDN	B-Operating_System
support	O
and	O
image	O
cropping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Updates	O
and	O
plugins	O
are	O
delivered	O
with	O
a	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
