{"id":35731,"date":"2023-05-31T10:45:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=35731"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:21:58","slug":"list-of-top-free-open-source-self-hosted-application-for-content-management-systems-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/list-of-top-free-open-source-self-hosted-application-for-content-management-systems-cms\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Top Free Open Source &amp; Self Hosted Application for Content Management Systems (CMS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Content Management Systems\u00a0offer a practical way to setup a website with many features, using third party plugins, themes and functionality that are easy to add and customize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alfresco.com\/products\/community\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfresco Community Edition<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The open source Enterprise Content Management software that handles any type of content, allowing users to easily share and collaborate on content. <code>LGPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>Java<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apostrophecms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apostrophe<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; CMS with a focus on extensible in-context editing tools. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>Nodejs<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/b2evolution.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">b2evolution CMS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The most integrated CMS ever: b2evolution includes everything you need to build websites for publishing, sharing and interacting with your community. <code>GPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/backdropcms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backdrop CMS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Comprehensive CMS for small to medium sized businesses and non-profits. <code>GPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigtreecms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigTree CMS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Straightforward, well documented, and capable written with PHP and MySQL. <code>LGPL-2.1<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bludit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bludit<\/a>\u00a0<code>\u26a0<\/code>\u00a0&#8211; Simple application to build a site or blog in seconds. Bludit uses flat-files (text files in JSON format) to store posts and pages. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/boltcms.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bolt CMS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Open source Content Management Tool, which strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmsmadesimple.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CMS Made Simple<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Open source content management system, faster and easier management of website contents, scalable for small businesses to large corporations. <code>GPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getcockpit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cockpit<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Simple Content Platform to manage any structured content. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concretecms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concrete 5 CMS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Open source content management system. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/contao.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contao<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Contao is a powerful open source CMS that allows you to create professional websites and scalable web applications. <code>LGPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.couchcms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CouchCMS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Simple Open-Source CMS for designers. <code>CPAL-1.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drupal<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Advanced open source content management platform. <code>GPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elabftw.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eLabFTW<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 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\u2026. <code>AGPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/thomas4019\/expressa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Expressa<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Content Management System for powering database driven websites using JSON schemas. Provides permission management and automatic REST APIs.&nbsp;<code>MIT<\/code>&nbsp;<code>Nodejs<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flextype.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flextype<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Flextype is an open-source Hybrid Content Management System with the freedom of a headless CMS and with the full functionality of a traditional CMS. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/get-simple.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GetSimple CMS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The Simplest Content Management System. Ever. <code>GPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joomla.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joomla!<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Advanced Content Management System (CMS). <code>GPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keystonejs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KeystoneJS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; CMS and Web Application Platform. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>Nodejs<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/modx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MODX<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; MODX is an advanced content management and publishing platform. The current version is called &#8216;Revolution&#8217;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/modxcms\/revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source Code<\/a>)&nbsp;<code>GPL-2.0<\/code>&nbsp;<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neos.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neos<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Neos or TYPO3 Neos (for version 1) is a modern, open source CMS. <code>GPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/noosfero\/noosfero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noosfero<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Noosfero is a web 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.&nbsp;<code>AGPL-3.0<\/code>&nbsp;<code>Ruby<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omeka<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; 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. (<a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/classic\/showcase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demo<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/omeka\/Omeka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source Code<\/a>)&nbsp;<code>GPL-3.0<\/code>&nbsp;<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/payloadcms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Payload CMS<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Developer-first headless CMS and application framework. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>Nodejs<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/picocms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pico<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Stupidly simple, blazing fast, flat file CMS. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pimcore.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pimcore<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Multi-Channel Experience and Engagement Management Platform. <code>GPL-3.0-or-later<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plone.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plone<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Powerful open-source CMS system. <code>ZPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>Python<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/propertywebbuilder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PropertyWebBuilder<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ultimate Ruby on Rails engine for creating real estate websites. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>Ruby<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/publify.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publify<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Simple but full featured web publishing software. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>Ruby<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/framagit.org\/InfoLibre\/rapido\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rapido<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Create your website with Rapido. Edit, publish and share collaborative content.&nbsp;<code>AGPL-3.0<\/code>&nbsp;<code>Go<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redaxo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REDAXO<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Simple, flexible and useful content management system (documentation only available in German). <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadiz.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roadiz<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Modern CMS based on a node system which can handle many types of services. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverstripe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SilverStripe<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Easy to use CMS with powerful MVC framework underlying. <code>BSD-3-Clause<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spip.net\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPIP<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Publication system for the Internet aimed at collaborative work, multilingual environments, and simplicity of use for web authors. <code>GPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/squidex.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squidex<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Headless CMS, based on MongoDB, CQRS and Event Sourcing. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Squidex\/squidex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>.NET<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/strapi.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strapi<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The most advanced open-source Content Management Framework (headless-CMS) to build powerful API with no effort. \u00a0<code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>Nodejs<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textpattern.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Textpattern<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS. <code>GPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/typemill.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Typemill<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Author-friendly flat-file-cms with a visual markdown editor based on vue.js. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/typo3.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TYPO3<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Powerful and advanced CMS with a large community. <code>GPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>PHP<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/umbraco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Umbraco<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The friendly CMS. 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