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Self-hosted Content Management Systems (CMS)

45 projects

45 self-hostable, open-source content management systems (cms) tools you can run on your own hardware — no SaaS lock-in. Ranked by our Recommended score, a quality blend of deployability, maintenance, security signals, popularity and metadata confidence (not raw stars). Each listing shows exactly how hard it is to self-host and what it depends on.

Strapi

Content Management Systems (CMS)·JavaScript

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

Manual setup
73kActive

Payload CMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·JavaScript

Developer-first headless CMS and application framework.

Manual setup
45kActive

Wagtail

Content Management Systems (CMS)·Python

Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience.

Manual setup
21kActive

KeystoneJS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·JavaScript

CMS and web application platform.

Manual setup
10.0kActive

WordPress

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

World's most-used blogging and CMS engine.

Manual setup
21kActive

Umbraco

Content Management Systems (CMS)·C#

The friendly CMS.

Manual setup
5.3kActive

Joomla!

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Advanced Content Management System (CMS).

Manual setup
5.1kActive

Squidex

Content Management Systems (CMS)·C#

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

Manual setup
2.5kActive

Publify

Content Management Systems (CMS)·Ruby

Simple but full featured web publishing software.

Manual setup
1.9kActive

WinterCMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

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

Manual setup
1.5kActive

Bludit

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Build a site or blog in seconds.

Manual setup
1.5kActive

eLabFTW

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Online lab notebook for research labs.

Manual setup
1.4kActive

Apostrophe

Content Management Systems (CMS)·JavaScript

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

Manual setup
4.6kActive

Backdrop CMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

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

Manual setup
1.0kActive

Textpattern

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS.

Manual setup
881Active

Concrete 5 CMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Open source content management system.

Manual setup
852Active

Cockpit

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Simple content platform to manage any structured content.

Manual setup
748Active

WonderCMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

WonderCMS is the smallest flat file CMS since 2008.

Manual setup
740Active

Typemill

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

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

Manual setup
619Active

Bolt CMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

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

Manual setup
591Active

Omeka

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Create complex narratives and share rich collections, adhering to Dublin Core standards with Omeka on your…

Manual setup
555Active

Expressa

Content Management Systems (CMS)·JavaScript

Content Management System for powering database driven websites using JSON schemas.

Manual setup
452Active

MODX

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Advanced content management and publishing platform.

Manual setup
1.4kActive

TYPO3

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Powerful and advanced CMS with a large community.

Manual setup
1.2kActive

Contao

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

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

Manual setup
439Active

Alfresco Community Edition

Content Management Systems (CMS)·Java

The open source Enterprise Content Management software that handles any type of content, allowing users to…

Manual setup
230Active

HTMLy

Blogging Platforms·PHP

Databaseless PHP blogging platform.

Manual setup
1.4kMaintained

Pushword

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Content management system built on Symfony, where pages are Markdown and themes are Twig, with optional Git…

Manual setup
28Active

CouchCMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

CMS for designers.

Manual setup
381Active

MediaCMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·Python

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

Docker Compose
5.1kActive

Pimcore

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Multi-channel experience and engagement management platform.

Docker Compose
3.9kActive

Ech0

Blogging Platforms

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

Docker Compose
2.1kActive

Vvveb CMS

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

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

Docker Compose
1.2kActive

Automad

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Flat-file content management system and template engine.

Docker Compose
938Active

Superdesk

Content Management Systems (CMS)·Python

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

Docker Compose
754Active

REDAXO

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

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

Docker Compose
354Active

d9

Content Management Systems (CMS)·JavaScript

Turn SQL databases into secure APIs through an intuitive admin interface.

Manual setup
155Active

Localess

Content Management Systems (CMS)

Powerful translation management and content management system.

Docker Compose
73Active

Noosfero

Content Management Systems (CMS)·Ruby

Platform for social and solidarity economy networks with blog, e-Portfolios, CMS, RSS, thematic discussion,…

Manual setup
65Unknown

Plone

Content Management Systems (CMS)·Python

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

Docker Compose
0Unknown

CMS Made Simple

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

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

Manual setup
0Unknown

Drupal

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Advanced open source content management platform.

Manual setup
0Unknown

Neos

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Neos or TYPO3 Neos (for version 1) is a modern, open source CMS.

Manual setup
0Unknown

SilverStripe

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Easy to use CMS with powerful MVC framework underlying.

Manual setup
0Unknown

SPIP

Content Management Systems (CMS)·PHP

Publication system for the Internet aimed at collaborative work, multilingual environments, and simplicity…

Manual setup
0Unknown

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