Announcements
Andy's in a tent somewhere and Myq is traveling through Southeast Asia, so this month's town hall is a lean one. No core release, but Franz September will bring one. Expect security fixes and smaller improvements rather than big new features, largely driven by what he called the whirlwind of agentic AI security testing hitting open source projects right now. In the meantime there's a strong batch of new marketplace add-ons and a new Swiss partner worth introducing.
No release this month the team has been heads-down on some bigger projects and will be back with updates soon. Here's everything else.
PortlandLabs is proud to be a winner of the Leader award from SourceForge, the world's largest software reviews and comparison website.
A quick one this month. Security patch, community thanks, and a site worth looking at.
Concrete CMS 9.5.0 is officially out. That's the headline this month. Here's everything else that happened.
We don't spend a lot of time patting ourselves on the back around here, but when TechRadar one of the largest technology publications in the world runs a piece calling Concrete CMS an "impressive, open-source solution" worth serious consideration, we'll take a moment to appreciate that.
Portland, OR — April 28, 2026 — PortlandLabs, the company behind Concrete CMS, announced today that Concrete CMS has received the Spring 2026 Leader Award from SourceForge, the world's largest B2B software review and comparison website. The award recognizes products that land in the top 5% of favorably reviewed software out of more than 100,000 listings based entirely on real user reviews.
May 4-7, 2026 : Do. Or do not. There is no try.
Three of our core team members (Myq, Korvin, and Andy) are clearing their calendars for four straight days to do nothing but fix bugs, harden security, and dial in the details for the next version of Concrete CMS.
We're calling it Squash Week, and we want you there.
Let’s be honest, not every month is about big shiny releases. Some months are about lining things up so the next one actually matters. This is one of those months.
March 2026: Version 8 Is Done, Two Releases, and AI Gets Philosophical
Light news month, but there's some important stuff in here including a milestone we've been telegraphing for a while. Let's get into it.