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Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) Tools

Open source content management systems (cms) tools

projects 70 combined stars ★ 501K refresh nightly
Content Management Systems (CMS) is one of the most active slices of the open source world — the 8 projects below are ranked by GitHub stars, which makes this page roughly a community-voted shortlist rather than a vendor-curated catalogue. Every card shows the license and the last-commit date, so you can filter out the two failure modes of free software in one glance: restrictive licensing that blocks your use case, and abandonment that leaves you maintaining a fork. When two projects look comparable, prefer the one with more recent activity and the more permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0 over AGPL) unless copyleft specifically serves your goals. Hover into any project for its full README — the documentation quality is usually the honest tell of engineering quality.

All Content Management Systems (CMS) tools

hugo ★ 90K

The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

rank001 licenseApache-2.0 written inGo typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Strapi ★ 73K

Headless CMS with REST and GraphQL APIs out of the box

rank002 licenseNOASSERTION written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Payload ★ 46K

Headless CMS for developers, built with Node.js

rank003 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
halo ★ 40K

Halo 是一款强大易用的开源建站工具,从个人博客、知识库,到企业官网、在线商城,Halo 都能助您轻松实现,一站式满足您的多样化建站需求。

rank004 licenseGPL-3.0 written inJava typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
filament ★ 32K

A powerful open-source UI framework for Laravel • Build and ship apps & admin panels fast with Livewire

rank005 licenseMIT written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
wagtail ★ 21K

A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience

rank006 licenseBSD-3-Clause written inPython typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
decap-cms ★ 19K

A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators

rank007 licenseMIT written inJavaScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
TinaCMS ★ 14K

Visual editing for your Git-based content

rank008 licenseApache-2.0 written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
frappe ★ 11K

Low code web framework for real world applications, in Python and Javascript

rank009 licenseMIT written inPython typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Instatic ★ 9.0K

The open-source alternative to Webflow, Framer and WordPress. Agentic self-hosted visual CMS outputting clean static pages. Users, roles, plugins, content, data

rank010 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
OrchardCore ★ 8.2K

Orchard Core is an open-source modular and multi-tenant application framework built with ASP.NET Core, and a content management system (CMS) built on top of tha

rank011 licenseBSD-3-Clause written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Publii ★ 7.4K

The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.

rank012 licenseGPL-3.0 written inHTML typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
sanity ★ 6.4K

Sanity Studio – Rapidly configure content workspaces powered by structured content

rank013 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
luban-h5 ★ 6.2K

[WIP]en: web design tool || mobile page builder/editor || mini webflow for mobile page. zh: 类似易企秀的H5制作、建站工具、可视化搭建系统.

rank014 licenseGPL-3.0 written inJavaScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
ponzu ★ 5.8K

Headless CMS with automatic JSON API. Featuring auto-HTTPS from Let's Encrypt, HTTP/2 Server Push, and flexible server framework written in Go.

rank015 licenseBSD-3-Clause written inGo typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
qor ★ 5.3K

QOR is a set of libraries written in Go that abstracts common features needed for business applications, CMSs, and E-commerce systems.

rank016 licenseMIT written inGo typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Umbraco-CMS ★ 5.3K

Umbraco is a free and open source .NET content management system helping you deliver delightful digital experiences.

rank017 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
mediacms ★ 5.2K

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

rank018 licenseAGPL-3.0 written inPython typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
joomla-cms ★ 5.2K

Home of the Joomla! Content Management System

rank019 licenseGPL-2.0 written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Statamic ★ 4.9K

Craft flexible, powerful websites with ease

rank020 licenseNOASSERTION written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Drupal ★ 4.3K

Build powerful websites with the open-source CMS

rank021 license— written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Twill CMS ★ 4.0K

Craft flexible, beautiful digital experiences with ease

rank022 licenseApache-2.0 written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
cms ★ 3.9K

SSCMS 基于 .NET Core,能够以最低的成本、最少的人力投入在最短的时间内架设一个功能齐全、性能优异、规模庞大并易于维护的网站平台。链接是SSCMS推出的全新AI视频开源社区:献丑AI

rank023 licenseAGPL-3.0 written inJavaScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
content ★ 3.7K

The file-based CMS for your Nuxt application, powered by Markdown and Vue components.

rank024 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Craft CMS ★ 3.6K

Flexible CMS for custom digital experiences

rank025 licenseNOASSERTION written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
terminusdb ★ 3.5K

TerminusDB is a distributed, collaborative database designed for building, sharing, versioning, and reasoning on structured data.

rank026 licenseApache-2.0 written inProlog typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
sveltia-cms ★ 3.0K

Leading Git-based headless CMS. Successor to Netlify/Decap CMS. Modern UX, first-class i18n support, mobile support + numerous improvements. Framework-agnostic,

rank027 licenseMIT written inJavaScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
ZKEACMS ★ 2.8K

ZKEACMS build with .Net 8 (.Net CMS)可视化设计在线编辑内容管理系统

rank028 licenseGPL-3.0 written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
lin-cms-vue ★ 2.8K

🔆 Vue+ElementPlus构建的CMS开发框架

rank029 licenseMIT written inJavaScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
comfortable-mexican-sofa ★ 2.7K

ComfortableMexicanSofa is a powerful Ruby on Rails 5.2+ CMS (Content Management System) Engine

rank030 licenseMIT written inRuby typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
CMSeeK ★ 2.6K

CMS Detection and Exploitation suite - Scan WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and over 180 other CMSs

rank031 licenseGPL-3.0 written inPython typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
vscode-front-matter ★ 2.5K

Front Matter is a CMS running straight in Visual Studio Code. Can be used with static site generators like Hugo, Jekyll, Hexo, NextJs, Gatsby, and many more...

rank032 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
squidex ★ 2.5K

Headless CMS and Content Managment Hub

rank033 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
keystatic ★ 2.5K

First class CMS experience, TypeScript API, Markdown & YAML/JSON based, no DB

rank034 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
primo ★ 2.4K

Agent-native visual CMS. Build sites with Claude/Codex/whatever, manage them visually.

rank035 licenseMIT written inSvelte typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
oqtane.framework ★ 2.3K

Oqtane is an open-source developer productivity platform for building modern .NET applications and websites that run on Web, Desktop and Mobile.

rank036 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
piranha.core ★ 2.2K

Piranha CMS is the friendly editor-focused CMS for .NET that can be used both as an integrated CMS or as a headless API.

rank037 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
suneditor ★ 2.0K

A modular WYSIWYG HTML editor with zero runtime dependencies. Everything included, enable only what you need.

rank038 licenseMIT written inJavaScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
daptin ★ 1.9K

Self-hosted application server for schema-driven APIs, identity, files, automation, integrations, realtime, metering, and protocols.

rank039 licenseLGPL-3.0 written inGo typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
sonicjs ★ 1.8K

SonicJS - The edge-native headless CMS for Cloudflare Workers. Sub-100ms response times, zero cold starts, TypeScript-first. Built on D1, R2, and Hono.

rank040 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
winter ★ 1.5K

Free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.

rank041 licenseMIT written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
engineercms ★ 1.4K

工程师知识管理系统:基于golang语言(beego框架),支持分布式文件存储minio集群部署。engineercms为土木工程师基于web的知识管理系统。管理个人、工程项目资料,业主—设计—监理—施工方均从平台获得资料。支持提取码分享文件、onlyoffice实时文档协作,在线利用mindoc创作你的书籍,阅览PD

rank042 licenseApache-2.0 written inGo typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
revolution ★ 1.4K

MODX Revolution - Content Management Framework

rank043 licenseGPL-2.0 written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
sulu ★ 1.4K

Core framework that implements the functionality of the Sulu content management system

rank044 licenseMIT written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
next-wp ★ 1.3K

Headless WordPress built with the Next.js App Router and React Server Components

rank045 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Blogifier ★ 1.3K

Blogifier is an open-source publishing platform Written in ASP.NET and Blazor WebAssembly. With Blogifier make a personal blog or a website.

rank046 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
beacon ★ 1.3K

Open-source Content Management System (CMS) built with Phoenix LiveView. Faster render times to boost SEO performance, even for the most content-heavy pages.

rank047 licenseMIT written inElixir typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
badaso ★ 1.3K

Laravel Vue headless CMS / admin panel / dashboard / builder / API CRUD generator, anything !

rank048 licenseMIT written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
typo3 ★ 1.2K

The TYPO3 Core - Enterprise Content Management System. Synchronized mirror of https://review.typo3.org/q/project:Packages/TYPO3.CMS

rank049 licenseGPL-2.0 written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Dnn.Platform ★ 1.1K

DNN (formerly DotNetNuke) is the leading open source web content management platform (CMS) in the Microsoft ecosystem.

rank050 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
agency-os ★ 989

The open source operating system for digital agencies. Built with Directus and Nuxt.

rank051 licenseMIT written inVue typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
astro-notion-blog ★ 972

🚀 Begin building your very own Notion Blog with Astro.

rank052 licenseMIT written inAstro typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
alchemy_cms ★ 905

Alchemy is the Open Source Rails CMS framework for the component based web that can be used as classic server side rendered or headless CMS.

rank053 licenseBSD-3-Clause written inRuby typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
cofoundry ★ 902

Cofoundry is an extensible and flexible .NET Core CMS & application framework focusing on code first development

rank054 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
nesta ★ 899

File Based CMS and Static Site Generator

rank055 licenseMIT written inRuby typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
mix.core ★ 888

🚀 A future-proof enterprise web CMS supporting both headless and decoupled approaches. Build any type of app with customizable APIs on ASP.NET Core/.NET Core.

rank056 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
textpattern ★ 883

A flexible, elegant, fast and easy-to-use content management system written in PHP.

rank057 licenseGPL-2.0 written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
intlayer ★ 862

Per-component Internationalisation solution for JS application. Type-Safe. Translate with AI. Edit Visually.

rank058 licenseApache-2.0 written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
studiocms ★ 841

Dedicated SSR (Server-side-rendered) Astro native Headless CMS, built from the ground up for the Astro community and by Astro community members

rank059 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
velite ★ 826

Turns Markdown / MDX, YAML, JSON, or others into app's data layer with Zod schema.

rank060 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
wondercms ★ 741

Fast and small flat file CMS (5 files). Built with PHP, JSON database.

rank061 licenseMIT written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
next-drupal ★ 709

Next.js for Drupal has everything you need to build a next-generation front-end for your Drupal site: SSG, SSR, and ISR, Multi-site, Authentication, Webforms, S

rank062 licenseMIT written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
strapi-tool-dockerize ★ 622

Easy add support for docker to your strapi project

rank063 licenseMIT written inJavaScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
pagible ★ 602

Easy, flexible and powerful cloud-native Laravel CMS package powered by AI with JSON:API, GraphQL API, templates, and themes

rank064 licenseMIT written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
mesh ★ 593

Gentics Mesh - The open source headless CMS for developers

rank065 licenseApache-2.0 written inJava typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
fastschema ★ 574

All-in-One Backend as a Service with Headless CMS Power

rank066 licenseMIT written inGo typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
vaahcms ★ 571

VaahCMS is a laravel based open-source web application development platform shipped with a headless content management system (CMS).

rank067 licenseMIT written inPHP typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
FluentCMS ★ 569

ASP.NET Core Blazor Content Management System (CMS)

rank068 licenseMIT written inC# typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Ghost-CLI ★ 500

CLI Tool for installing & updating Ghost

rank069 licenseMIT written inJavaScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)
Marble CMS ★ 385

Simple content management for modern sites

rank070 licenseAGPL-3.0 written inTypeScript typeContent Management Systems (CMS)

Frequently asked questions

How many open source Content Management Systems (CMS) tools are there?

This registry tracks 70 open source Content Management Systems (CMS) projects, with 500,879 combined GitHub stars. The list is ranked by stars and refreshed nightly.

What is the most popular open source Content Management Systems (CMS) project?

hugo leads this category with 90,326 GitHub stars, followed by Strapi.

Are these Content Management Systems (CMS) tools free?

Yes — every project listed here is open source. Some also offer paid hosted versions alongside the free self-hosted option; the licence for each project is shown on its card.