Orchard CMS

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Orchard Core is an open-source, modular, multi-tenant application framework built on ASP.NET Core, plus a full-featured content management system (CMS) built on top of that framework. It ships with content modeling, media, users and roles, search, workflows, and localization, and can be extended with custom C# modules.

Use cases

• build a content-managed website with editors and media
• create a multi-tenant SaaS application on ASP.NET Core
• build a blog or e-commerce site with a modular .NET CMS
• manage multilingual content without code
• extend a web platform with reusable C# modules
• self-host a fast, secure CMS on .NET

When to choose

• your team works in C#/.NET and wants a full CMS or modular app framework
• you need multi-tenancy, fine-grained roles, and two-factor auth out of the box
• you want a free, BSD-licensed, community-led CMS with no per-site fees
• performance matters and you want a fast CMS on ASP.NET Core

When to avoid

• your stack is Node, Python, PHP, or Ruby rather than .NET
• you need a lightweight static site generator instead of a dynamic CMS
• you want a minimal micro-framework with no CMS overhead
• you prefer a plugin ecosystem centered on WordPress-style theming

Facets

framework · maturity stable

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