Open-source cms software
601 open-source libraries, tools and applications tagged cms, ranked by how closely cms is their primary purpose, then by adoption and maintenance health. Each entry links to a page with sources, use cases and when to choose or avoid it.
601 products, primary matches first, then adoption-weighted; health v2 shown.
| Product | Health v2 | Stars | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strapi Strapi is an open-source, self‑hosted headless CMS built with Node.js and TypeScript. It lets developers define content models and instantl… | 93 | 73250 | active |
| Ghost Ghost is an open‑source headless CMS built on Node.js for modern publishing, newsletters, and memberships. It provides a web‑based editor, … | 95 | 55509 | active |
| jekyll/jekyll Jekyll is a Ruby‑based static site generator that transforms plain‑text files written in Markdown, HTML, or Liquid into a complete static w… | 79 | 51714 | active |
| Payload Payload is an open-source, MIT-licensed fullstack Next.js framework and headless CMS written in TypeScript. A single config instantly gener… | 93 | 44931 | stable |
| Payload Payload is an open‑source full‑stack framework built on Next.js that provides a TypeScript backend, admin UI, and headless CMS capabilities… | 93 | 44931 | active |
| Hexo Hexo is a fast, simple, and powerful static site generator built on Node.js. It lets you write posts in Markdown and generate a full static… | 83 | 41778 | active |
| Hexo Hexo is a fast, simple and powerful static site/blog framework powered by Node.js. It converts Markdown posts into static HTML files with t… | 83 | 41778 | stable |
| Halo Halo is an open‑source, Java‑based CMS that lets you build blogs, knowledge bases, corporate sites, and online stores. It offers a plugin‑c… | 100 | 39944 | active |
| Halo Halo is a powerful and easy-to-use open-source website building tool (CMS) written in Java, supporting blogs, knowledge bases, corporate si… | 100 | 39944 | active |
| Directus Directus is an open‑source, TypeScript‑based backend that turns any SQL database into a headless CMS with instant REST and GraphQL APIs. It… | 99 | 38413 | active |
| Directus Directus is an open-source backend application that wraps any SQL database into instant REST and GraphQL APIs, a no-code data studio, and a… | 99 | 38413 | active |
| WordPress/WordPress WordPress is a PHP‑based open‑source publishing platform and content management system. It powers millions of websites, offering a block‑ba… | 77 | 21478 | active |
| Wagtail Wagtail is an open‑source content management system built on Django. It provides a flexible, developer‑friendly framework for creating both… | 96 | 20512 | active |
| Decap CMS Decap CMS (formerly Netlify CMS) is an open-source, Git-based content management system for static site generators, built as a React single… | 98 | 19425 | active |
| Decap CMS Decap CMS is an open‑source, React‑based content management system that stores site content in a Git repository. It provides a web UI for e… | 98 | 19425 | active |
| Zola Zola is a fast static site generator written in Rust that ships as a single self-contained binary with Sass compilation, syntax highlightin… | 98 | 17513 | stable |
| Grav CMS Grav is a fast, flat-file content management system built on PHP, Markdown, Twig, and Symfony components that requires no database. Version… | 95 | 15689 | stable |
| NodeBB NodeBB is open-source forum software built on Node.js that supports Redis, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL backends and uses web sockets for real-ti… | 95 | 15239 | stable |
| TinaCMS TinaCMS is an open-source, Git-backed headless CMS that stores content as Markdown, MDX, JSON, or YAML directly in your GitHub repository. … | 96 | 13836 | stable |
| emdash-cms/emdash EmDash is a full-stack, type-safe CMS built on Astro and TypeScript, positioned as a modern successor to WordPress. It runs on Cloudflare W… | 79 | 13752 | active |
| Puck Puck is a modular, open-source visual editor for React that lets developers embed drag-and-drop page building into their own applications u… | 93 | 13423 | active |
| WordPress.com (Calypso) Calypso is the JavaScript and REST API powered single-page web application that serves as the WordPress.com dashboard. It is built with Rea… | 68 | 12645 | active |
| typecho/typecho Typecho is a lightweight PHP-based blogging platform and content management system with plugin and theme support. It runs on multiple datab… | 68 | 12449 | stable |
| notionnext-org/NotionNext NotionNext is an open-source website builder that turns a Notion workspace into a fast, customizable standalone site using Next.js and the … | 95 | 11848 | active |
| Gutenberg Gutenberg is the block editor project for WordPress, providing a modular editing experience where content is composed of blocks. It ships a… | 95 | 11774 | active |
| October CMS October CMS is a self-hosted content management system and web platform built on the Laravel PHP framework, using Twig templating and a plu… | 88 | 11148 | active |
| laravel-admin laravel-admin is an administrative interface builder for the Laravel PHP framework that generates full-featured CRUD backends with just a f… | 55 | 11133 | active |
| django CMS django CMS is a lean, open-source enterprise content management system built on the Django web framework, published as the django-cms packa… | 98 | 10674 | stable |
| woocommerce/woocommerce WooCommerce is a free, open-source ecommerce platform built as a WordPress plugin, letting users turn any WordPress site into a fully custo… | 95 | 10559 | active |
| Keystone CMS KeystoneJS is a Node.js headless CMS and web application framework for defining schemas that generate a GraphQL API and an auto-generated A… | 96 | 9981 | active |
| wpscanteam/wpscan WPScan is a black-box WordPress security scanner written in Ruby, used by security professionals and site maintainers to audit WordPress in… | 90 | 9792 | active |
| PrestaShop/PrestaShop PrestaShop is an open-source e-commerce web application written in PHP (built on Symfony) for creating and managing online stores. It provi… | 91 | 9217 | active |
| CoreBunch/Instatic Instatic is a self-hosted, MIT-licensed visual CMS that combines a canvas page editor, content engine, media, auth, forms, and plugin syste… | 78 | 8915 | active |
| Builder.io Builder.io is a visual development platform whose open-source repo contains SDKs, examples, starters, and plugins for integrating a drag-an… | 94 | 8862 | active |
| Orchard CMS Orchard Core is an open-source, modular, multi-tenant application framework built on ASP.NET Core, plus a full-featured content management … | 95 | 8203 | stable |
| webiny/webiny-js Webiny is an open-source, self-hosted content platform built as a TypeScript framework that runs on AWS serverless infrastructure (Lambda, … | 97 | 8047 | active |
| leerob/next-mdx-blog A Next.js + MDX blog and personal website template styled with Tailwind CSS and written in TypeScript. It ships with syntax highlighting, l… | 75 | 7572 | active |
| liangliangyy/DjangoBlog DjangoBlog is a full-featured, self-hosted blog platform built on Python 3.10+ and Django 5.2. It offers article/page management, Markdown … | 86 | 7437 | active |
| GetPublii/Publii Publii is a free, open-source desktop CMS (built with Electron) for creating static websites with a WordPress-like GUI, available for Windo… | 99 | 7339 | active |
| gitalk/gitalk Gitalk is a comment widget for websites that stores comments as GitHub Issues and renders them using Preact. It is serverless, authenticati… | 70 | 7160 | stable |
| plasmicapp/plasmic Plasmic is an open-source visual builder for the web that lets teams design and build React apps, websites, and content via drag-and-drop, … | 77 | 7121 | active |
| Elementor Elementor is an open-source WordPress plugin providing an advanced front-end drag-and-drop page builder for creating pixel-perfect websites… | 95 | 7087 | active |
| Flarum Flarum is open-source forum software for building online discussion communities, built in PHP on Laravel with a Mithril-powered frontend. I… | 95 | 6758 | stable |
| sanity-io/sanity Sanity Studio is an open-source, fully customizable headless CMS application built with React and TypeScript for rapidly configuring conten… | 93 | 6338 | active |
| novel novel is a learning-oriented, full-stack novel/fiction CMS built with Spring Boot 3 and Vue 3 in a front-end/back-end separated architectur… | 64 | 5827 | active |
| Timber Timber is a PHP library that lets developers build WordPress themes using object-oriented code and the Twig template engine. It separates d… | 91 | 5651 | active |
| solstice23/argon-theme Argon is a lightweight, clean, and highly customizable WordPress theme built on the Argon Design System. It offers extensive customization … | 61 | 5588 | active |
| NotionX/react-notion-x A fast and accurate React renderer for Notion pages, built in TypeScript. It fetches Notion page data via notion-client and renders it as R… | 95 | 5431 | active |
| agentejo/cockpit Cockpit is a self-hosted, API-first headless CMS written in PHP that adds content management to any site via REST/JSON APIs. It offers flex… | 32 | 5394 | active |
| QOR QOR is a set of modular Go libraries that abstract common features needed for building business applications, CMSs, and e-commerce systems,… | 64 | 5345 | active |
| WriteFreely WriteFreely is a self-hosted, Markdown-based publishing platform for writers, built in Go as a single lightweight binary. It supports multi… | 95 | 5261 | stable |
| HermanMartinus/bearblog Bear Blog is a free, minimalist blogging platform built in Python that serves extremely fast blogs with no JavaScript, stylesheets, or trac… | 77 | 5215 | active |
| wikimedia/mediawiki MediaWiki is a free, open-source wiki software package written in PHP that powers Wikipedia and thousands of other collaborative knowledge … | 77 | 5201 | stable |
| wp-cli/wp-cli WP-CLI is the official command-line interface for WordPress, letting users manage plugins, themes, users, databases, and multisite installa… | 67 | 5161 | stable |
| joomla/joomla-cms Joomla! is a free, open-source Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP for building websites and powerful online applications. It ru… | 100 | 5148 | stable |
| mediacms-io/mediacms MediaCMS is an open source, self-hosted video and media CMS built with Django and React, exposing a REST API. It supports video, audio, ima… | 95 | 5120 | active |
| Statamic CMS Statamic is a flat-first, Laravel-powered content management system distributed as a Composer package that installs into an existing Larave… | 95 | 4906 | active |
| Orchid Laravel Admin Platform Orchid is a free, open-source Laravel package for rapid code-driven development of back-office applications, admin panels, and dashboards. … | 87 | 4797 | active |
| Corcel Corcel is a PHP library of Eloquent ORM model classes that lets any PHP application query a WordPress database directly. It enables using W… | 25 | 4774 | active |
| 201206030/novel-plus novel-plus is a full-featured novel/fiction CMS built on Spring Boot, comprising a reader-facing portal, author backend, admin dashboard, a… | 100 | 4756 | active |
| linhaojun857/aurora Aurora is a self-hosted, front-end/back-end separated personal blog system built with SpringBoot (Java) and Vue. It includes an admin dashb… | 40 | 4662 | active |
| ApostropheCMS ApostropheCMS is a full-featured, open-source content management system and framework built with Node.js and MongoDB. It combines in-contex… | 76 | 4639 | active |
| EasyCorp/EasyAdminBundle EasyAdminBundle is a Symfony bundle that generates complete, beautiful admin backends (CRUD panels) from Doctrine entities. It provides das… | 94 | 4311 | stable |
| Drupal Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) and PHP framework for building websites ranging from personal blogs to large enter… | 77 | 4292 | stable |
| interconnectit/Search-Replace-DB A PHP script (with web UI and CLI) that performs search-and-replace operations across MySQL databases, safely handling serialized PHP strin… | 26 | 4107 | active |
| hunvreus/pagescms Pages CMS is an open-source, MIT-licensed CMS that lets users edit content and media directly in GitHub repositories through a friendly web… | 88 | 4096 | active |
| microfeed/microfeed microfeed is an open-source, agentic, headless CMS that self-hosts on Cloudflare Workers, D1, and R2, letting users publish podcasts, blogs… | 95 | 4085 | active |
| mirai-mamori/Sakurairo Sakurairo is a feature-rich, colorful WordPress theme rebuilt from the Sakura theme, with AI-assisted reading features and multilingual sup… | 78 | 4064 | active |
| Dcat Admin Dcat Admin is a Laravel-based admin panel builder that lets developers create full-featured, attractive back-office systems with minimal co… | 32 | 4020 | active |
| jeroennoten/Laravel-AdminLTE A Laravel package that integrates the AdminLTE v3 admin dashboard theme via Blade templates and a configurable menu system. It also optiona… | 95 | 3995 | active |
| cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable A Laravel package that automatically generates URL-friendly slugs for Eloquent models. It handles slug creation, uniqueness, and configurat… | 70 | 3994 | stable |
| Twill Twill is an open source CMS toolkit for Laravel that lets developers rapidly build custom, feature-rich admin consoles with pre-built Vue.j… | 88 | 3976 | active |
| Lektor Lektor is a static file content management system and static site generator written in Python. It builds flat-file content into static HTML… | 88 | 3949 | active |
| sehmaschine/django-grappelli Django Grappelli is a grid-based skin/extension for the Django admin interface that provides a cleaner, more consistent look and feel. It a… | 75 | 3946 | active |
| siteserver/cms SSCMS (SiteServer CMS) is an open-source content management system built on .NET Core for rapidly deploying full-featured, high-performance… | 67 | 3914 | active |
| WordPress Mobile Apps The official open-source WordPress mobile apps for iOS and Android, letting users manage and publish to WordPress sites from their phones. … | 99 | 3905 | active |
| Refinery CMS Refinery CMS is an open source, extendable content management system built as a Ruby on Rails engine, supporting Rails 6.1 through 8.1+ and… | 79 | 3905 | active |
| ZHENFENG13/My-Blog My Blog is a simple and beautiful personal blogging system built with Spring Boot, MyBatis, and Thymeleaf, featuring an admin dashboard and… | 32 | 3888 | active |
| Piwigo Piwigo is an open source photo gallery and digital asset management (DAM) web application written in PHP, for organizing, sharing and contr… | 85 | 3863 | stable |
| ruby-china/homeland Homeland is an open-source forum/community website system built on Ruby on Rails, evolved from the Ruby China community. It provides a full… | 62 | 3861 | active |
| Pimcore Pimcore is an open core PHP framework and platform for Product Experience Management that unifies PIM, MDM, DAM, CDP, DXP/CMS, and digital … | 93 | 3855 | active |
| mashirozx/sakura Sakura is a feature-rich WordPress theme inspired by the anime 'The Pet Girl of Sakurasou', offering a polished blog experience with random… | 23 | 3825 | active |
| WPGraphQL WPGraphQL is a free, open-source WordPress plugin that exposes an extendable GraphQL schema and API for any WordPress site. It lets develop… | 95 | 3794 | active |
| JavScraper/Emby.Plugins.JavScraper A metadata scraper plugin for Emby and Jellyfin media servers that fetches Japanese adult movie information (titles, covers, tags, actress … | 23 | 3794 | active |
| yaojingang/GEOFlow GEOFlow is an open-source content engineering and multi-site distribution system built for GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), combining … | 79 | 3747 | active |
| BNDong/Cnblogs-Theme-SimpleMemory A beautification extension plugin for the Cnblogs (Blog Park) SimpleMemory blog theme, written primarily in CSS and JavaScript. It offers o… | 52 | 3711 | active |
| nuxt/content Nuxt Content is an official Nuxt module that turns Markdown, YAML, CSV, and JSON files in a content/ directory into a queryable, typed data… | 97 | 3667 | active |
| Craft CMS Craft CMS is a flexible, self-hosted PHP content management system for building bespoke digital experiences, with a clean-slate content mod… | 95 | 3617 | active |
| Mereithhh/vanblog VanBlog is a self-hosted personal blogging system built with Next.js/TypeScript that combines a static-site-generated frontend, an admin da… | 66 | 3581 | active |
| DoraCMS DoraCMS is an open-source, self-hosted content management system built on EggJS 3.x, Vue 3, and TypeScript, organized as a pnpm monorepo wi… | 61 | 3545 | active |
| WordPress/wordpress-develop The official Git mirror of the WordPress core development repository (synced from Subversion), containing the PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript so… | 77 | 3486 | stable |
| mlogclub/bbs-go bbs-go is a lightweight, self-hosted community platform for building forums, Q&A sites, and knowledge bases, built with a Go backend and Re… | 92 | 3481 | active |
| jazzband/django-taggit django-taggit is a reusable Django application that adds simple tagging to models via a TaggableManager field. It integrates with Django fo… | 77 | 3447 | stable |
| Shopware Shopware 6 is an open-source headless commerce platform built on Symfony 7 and Vue.js 3, providing storefront, product catalog, checkout, C… | 94 | 3443 | stable |
| microweber/microweber Microweber is an open-source drag-and-drop website builder and content management system built on the PHP Laravel framework. It combines vi… | 73 | 3438 | active |
| Backpack for Laravel Backpack for Laravel is a collection of open-source Laravel packages for rapidly building custom admin panels on top of Eloquent models. It… | 95 | 3377 | stable |
| austintoddj/canvas Canvas is an open-source publishing platform for Laravel that installs as a Composer package, adding a distraction-free writing editor, med… | 94 | 3356 | active |
| seatonjiang/kratos Kratos is a WordPress theme focused on delivering a clean reading experience for blogs and content sites. It is written in PHP, installable… | 76 | 3326 | active |
| afragen/git-updater A WordPress plugin that enables automatic updates for plugins and themes hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Gitea, and Gist, including la… | 96 | 3319 | active |
| PyroCMS PyroCMS is a modular, open-source content management system and development platform built on the Laravel PHP framework. It provides a resp… | 66 | 3175 | active |
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