Best self-hosted CMS apps

Strapi

strapi/strapi

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

Payload CMS

payloadcms/payload

Developer-first headless CMS and application framework.

WordPress

WordPress/WordPress

World's most-used blogging and CMS engine.

Wagtail

wagtail/wagtail

Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience.

october

octobercms/october

CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.

KeystoneJS

keystonejs/keystone

CMS and web application platform.

Umbraco

umbraco/Umbraco-CMS

The friendly CMS. Free and open source with an amazing community.

Joomla!

joomla/joomla-cms

Advanced Content Management System (CMS).

MediaCMS

mediacms-io/mediacms

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

Apostrophe

apostrophecms/apostrophe

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

Pimcore

pimcore/pimcore

Multi-channel experience and engagement management platform.

CraftCMS

craftcms/cms

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

Squidex

Squidex/squidex

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

Ech0

lin-snow/Ech0

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

Publify

publify/publify

Simple but full featured web publishing software.

Kirby

getkirby/kirby

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

WinterCMS

wintercms/winter

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

Bludit

bludit/bludit

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

eLabFTW

elabftw/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…

MODX

modxcms/revolution

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

HTMLy

danpros/htmly

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

TYPO3

TYPO3/typo3

Powerful and advanced CMS with a large community.

Vvveb CMS

givanz/Vvveb

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

Backdrop CMS

backdrop/backdrop

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

Automad

marcantondahmen/automad

Flat-file content management system and template engine.

Textpattern

textpattern/textpattern

Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS.

Concrete 5 CMS

concretecms/concretecms

Open source content management system.

Superdesk

superdesk/superdesk

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

Cockpit

Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit

Simple content platform to manage any structured content.

WonderCMS

WonderCMS/wondercms

WonderCMS is the smallest flat file CMS since 2008.

Typemill

typemill/typemill

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

Bolt CMS

bolt/core

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

Omeka

omeka/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.

Expressa

thomas4019/expressa

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

Contao

contao/contao

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

CouchCMS

CouchCMS/CouchCMS

CMS for designers.

REDAXO

redaxo/core

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

Alfresco Community Edition

Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo

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

d9

LaWebcapsule/d9

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

Localess

Lessify/localess

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

Pushword

Pushword/Pushword

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

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