# Wagtail CMS

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Wagtail CMS and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free open-source content management system built on Django, recommended as a go-to Python CMS and enjoyable for building sites. Critics say it is less capable than Payload or Craft.

## Why people recommend it

- Go-to Python CMS built on Django (3 comments): "I strongly recommend Wagtail, it came after the initially most popular django-cms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46796433)) "Django and Wagtail are among the silent heros of "getting stuff done"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49470203)) "Pretty much the go to Python-based CMS to use these days." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613281))
- Enjoyable to build sites with (2 comments): "it was a delight building my site with it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46480963)) "Wagtail is great for what it's good at." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46822412))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [EmDash](https://hackerapproved.com/p/emdash.md): 67 recommend
- [ProcessWire CMS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/processwire.md): 7 recommend
- [Kirby CMS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kirby-cms.md): 6 recommend
- [Payload CMS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/payload.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Wagtail CMS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wagtail/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).