Self-hosted Content Management Systems (CMS) software

Content Management Systems offer a practical way to setup a website with many features, using third party plugins, themes and functionality that are easy to add and customize.

48 apps, ranked by GitHub stars weighted by maintenance health.

Alternatives to Squarespace

Strapi

Headless CMS that lets developers build content APIs fast while giving content creators a friendly editing interface.

Actively maintained ★ 73.4k MIT ~$5/mo

Payload CMS

Developer-first headless CMS and application framework.

Actively maintained ★ 45.6k MIT ~$5/mo

WordPress

World's most-used blogging and CMS engine.

Actively maintained ★ 21.5k GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

Wagtail

Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience.

Actively maintained ★ 20.6k BSD-3-Clause ~$5/mo

october

CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.

Actively maintained ★ 11.2k ⊘ Proprietary ~$5/mo

KeystoneJS

CMS and web application platform.

Actively maintained ★ 10k MIT ~$5/mo

Umbraco

Friendly CMS with an amazing community.

Actively maintained ★ 5.3k MIT ~$5/mo

MediaCMS

Modern, fully featured video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API.

Actively maintained ★ 5.2k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

Joomla!

Advanced Content Management System (CMS).

Actively maintained ★ 5.2k GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

Apostrophe

CMS with a focus on extensible in-context editing tools.

Actively maintained ★ 4.7k MIT ~$5/mo

Pimcore

Multi-channel experience and engagement management platform.

Actively maintained ★ 3.9k GPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

CraftCMS

Content-first CMS that aims to make life enjoyable for developers and content managers alike.

Actively maintained ★ 3.6k ⊘ Proprietary ~$5/mo

Squidex

Headless CMS, based on MongoDB, CQRS and Event Sourcing.

Actively maintained ★ 2.5k MIT ~$10/mo

Ech0

Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese).

Actively maintained ★ 2.1k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Publify

Simple but full featured web publishing software.

Actively maintained ★ 1.9k MIT ~$5/mo

Kirby

File-based CMS. Easy to setup. Easy to use. Flexible as hell.

Actively maintained ★ 1.5k ⊘ Proprietary ~$5/mo

WinterCMS

Speedy and secure content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework.

Actively maintained ★ 1.5k MIT ~$5/mo

eLabFTW

Online lab notebook for research labs. Store experiments, use a database to find reagents or protocols, use trusted timestamping to legally timestamp an experiment, export as pdf or zip archive, share with collaborators….

Actively maintained ★ 1.5k AGPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

Bludit

Build a site or blog in seconds. Bludit uses flat-files (text files in JSON format) to store posts and pages.

Actively maintained ★ 1.5k MIT ~$5/mo

MODX

Advanced content management and publishing platform. The current version is called 'Revolution'.

Actively maintained ★ 1.4k GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

TYPO3

Powerful and advanced CMS with a large community.

Actively maintained ★ 1.2k GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

Vvveb CMS

Powerful and easy to use CMS to build websites, blogs or e-commerce stores.

Actively maintained ★ 1.2k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Backdrop CMS

Comprehensive CMS for small to medium sized businesses and non-profits.

Actively maintained ★ 1.1k GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

Automad

Flat-file content management system and template engine.

Actively maintained ★ 960 MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Textpattern

Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS.

Actively maintained ★ 883 GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

Concrete 5 CMS

Open source content management system.

Actively maintained ★ 854 MIT ~$5/mo

Superdesk

End-to-end news creation, production, curation, distribution, and publishing platform.

Actively maintained ★ 759 AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Cockpit

Simple content platform to manage any structured content.

Actively maintained ★ 758 MIT ~$5/mo

WonderCMS

Smallest flat file CMS since 2008.

Actively maintained ★ 741 MIT ~$5/mo

Typemill

Author-friendly flat-file-cms with a visual markdown editor based on vue.js.

Actively maintained ★ 619 MIT ~$5/mo

Bolt CMS

Content Management Tool, which strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible.

Actively maintained ★ 592 MIT ~$5/mo

Omeka

Create complex narratives and share rich collections, adhering to Dublin Core standards with Omeka on your server, designed for scholars, museums, libraries, archives, and enthusiasts.

Actively maintained ★ 557 GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

Expressa

Content Management System for powering database driven websites using JSON schemas. Provides permission management and automatic REST APIs.

Actively maintained ★ 452 MIT ~$5/mo

Contao

Powerful CMS that allows you to create professional websites and scalable web applications.

Actively maintained ★ 449 LGPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

REDAXO

Simple, flexible and useful content management system (documentation in German).

Actively maintained ★ 355 MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

HTMLy

Databaseless PHP blogging platform. A flat-file CMS that allows you to create a fast, secure, and powerful website or blog in seconds.

Maintained ★ 1.4k GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

Alfresco Community Edition

Enterprise Content Management software that handles any type of content, allowing users to easily share and collaborate on content.

Actively maintained ★ 242 LGPL-3.0 ~$10/mo

d9

Turn SQL databases into secure APIs through an intuitive admin interface. Data platform and headless CMS (fork of Directus).

Actively maintained ★ 184 GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

CouchCMS

CMS for designers.

Maintained ★ 378 CPAL-1.0 ~$5/mo

Localess

Powerful translation management and content management system. Manage and translate your website or app content into multiple languages, using AI to translate faster.

Actively maintained ★ 75 MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Pushword

Content management system built on Symfony, where pages are Markdown and themes are Twig, with optional Git-based flat-file storage.

Actively maintained ★ 30 MIT ~$5/mo

Noosfero

Platform for social and solidarity economy networks with blog, e-Portfolios, CMS, RSS, thematic discussion, events agenda and collective intelligence for solidarity economy in the same system.

Maintained ★ 65 AGPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

CMS Made Simple

Faster and easier management of website contents, scalable for small businesses to large corporations.

Health unknown GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

Drupal

Advanced content management platform.

Health unknown GPL-2.0 ~$5/mo

Neos

Modern CMS. Neos or TYPO3 Neos (for version 1).

Health unknown GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

Plone

CMS system that is used to create, edit, and manage digital content, like websites, intranets, and custom solutions.

Health unknown ZPL-2.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

SilverStripe

Easy to use CMS with powerful MVC framework underlying.

Health unknown BSD-3-Clause ~$5/mo

SPIP

Publication system for the Internet aimed at collaborative work, multilingual environments, and simplicity of use for web authors.

Health unknown GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

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