Open source cms projects

Every project in the registry tagged cms, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 93 combined stars ★ 652K refresh nightly
01 hugo ★ 90K

The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

last push26 hours ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
02 Strapi ★ 73K

Headless CMS with REST and GraphQL APIs out of the box

last push15 hours ago languageTypeScript license—
03 Ghost ★ 56K

Publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and paid memberships

last push15 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
04 Payload ★ 46K

Headless CMS for developers, built with Node.js

last push15 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
05 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。

last push25 hours ago languageJava licenseGPL-3.0
06 Directus ★ 39K

Open-source data platform for effortless content management

last push19 hours ago languageTypeScript license—
07 filament ★ 32K

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

last push15 hours ago languagePHP licenseMIT
08 wagtail ★ 21K

A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience

last push17 hours ago languagePython licenseBSD-3-Clause
09 decap-cms ★ 19K

A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators

last push2 days ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
10 TinaCMS ★ 14K

Visual editing for your Git-based content

last push28 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
11 frappe ★ 11K

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

last push16 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
12 KeystoneJS ★ 10.0K

Flexible, scalable Node.js CMS and app framework

last push37 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
13 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

last push4 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
14 Builder ★ 8.9K

Visual development platform for modern web experiences

last push4 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
15 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

last push23 hours ago languageC# licenseBSD-3-Clause
16 Webiny ★ 8.1K

Open-source serverless CMS for modern web projects

last push19 hours ago languageTypeScript license—
17 Publii ★ 7.4K

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

last push2 days ago languageHTML licenseGPL-3.0
18 Plasmic ★ 7.1K

Visual app builder that integrates with your existing codebase

last push17 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
19 Rowy ★ 6.8K

Build powerful backends without leaving your browser

last push1.9 years ago languageTypeScript license—
20 sanity ★ 6.4K

Sanity Studio – Rapidly configure content workspaces powered by structured content

last push15 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
21 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.

last push12 months ago languageGo licenseBSD-3-Clause
22 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.

last push30 hours ago languageGo licenseMIT
23 Umbraco-CMS ★ 5.3K

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

last push15 hours ago languageC# licenseMIT
24 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.

last push8 days ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
25 joomla-cms ★ 5.2K

Home of the Joomla! Content Management System

last push19 hours ago languagePHP licenseGPL-2.0
26 Statamic ★ 4.9K

Craft flexible, powerful websites with ease

last push15 hours ago languagePHP license—
27 GEOFlow ★ 4.0K

Open-source GEO content engineering and multi-site distribution platform with AI quality inspection, illustrated admin help, hosted sites, browser-assisted publ

last push2 days ago languagePHP licenseAGPL-3.0
28 Twill CMS ★ 4.0K

Craft flexible, beautiful digital experiences with ease

last push2 months ago languagePHP licenseApache-2.0
29 lektor ★ 3.9K

The lektor static file content management system

last push4 days ago languagePython licenseBSD-3-Clause
30 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

last push4 days ago languageJavaScript licenseAGPL-3.0
31 Piwigo ★ 3.9K

Organize thousands of photos with ease

last push18 hours ago languagePHP licenseGPL-2.0
32 content ★ 3.7K

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

last push25 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
33 Craft CMS ★ 3.6K

Flexible CMS for custom digital experiences

last push15 hours ago languagePHP license—
34 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,

last push3 days ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
35 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

last push7 days ago languageC# licenseGPL-3.0
36 lin-cms-vue ★ 2.8K

🔆 Vue+ElementPlus构建的CMS开发框架

last push6 months ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
37 comfortable-mexican-sofa ★ 2.7K

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

last push3 days ago languageRuby licenseMIT
38 CMSeeK ★ 2.6K

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

last push4 months ago languagePython licenseGPL-3.0
39 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...

last push22 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
40 squidex ★ 2.5K

Headless CMS and Content Managment Hub

last push32 hours ago languageC# licenseMIT
41 keystatic ★ 2.5K

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

last push1 months ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
42 Frappe Builder ★ 2.5K

Visual website builder for effortless web design

last push16 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
43 LearnHouse ★ 2.4K

Create, sell, and manage online courses with full control

last push16 hours ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
44 primo ★ 2.4K

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

last push35 hours ago languageSvelte licenseMIT
45 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.

last push33 hours ago languageC# licenseMIT
46 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.

last push7 days ago languageC# licenseMIT
47 suneditor ★ 2.0K

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

last push20 hours ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
48 Vrite ★ 2.0K

Collaborative content creation for technical teams

last push35 hours ago languageTypeScript license—
49 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.

last push16 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
50 Smartstore ★ 1.7K

A modular, scalable and ultra-fast open-source all-in-one eCommerce platform built on ASP.NET Core 10

last push15 hours ago languageC# licenseAGPL-3.0
51 postbot ★ 1.6K

PostBot 内容同步助手 一款开源的多平台内容同步分发生产力工具。 支持将文章、笔记、动态、图片、视频、音频等内容,一键同步发布至主流媒体平台。覆盖微信/微博/今日头条/小红书/知乎/百家号/企鹅号/视频号/抖音/快手/哔哩哔哩(B站)等国内主流媒体平台,可轻松扩展兼容 X(Twitter)、Facebook、In

last push10 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
52 nodepress ★ 1.5K

🟢 A production-grade headless CMS API service for surmon.me, built with @nestjs.

last push5 months ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
53 winter ★ 1.5K

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

last push15 hours ago languagePHP licenseMIT
54 bludit ★ 1.5K

Simple, Fast, Secure, Flat-File CMS

last push41 hours ago languagePHP licenseMIT
55 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

last push30 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
56 htmly ★ 1.4K

Simple and fast databaseless PHP blogging platform, and Flat-File CMS

last push9 months ago languagePHP licenseGPL-2.0
57 sulu ★ 1.4K

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

last push24 hours ago languagePHP licenseMIT
58 moonshine ★ 1.3K

Laravel Admin panel and more. Simple for beginners and powerful for experts. Using Blade, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.

last push3 days ago languagePHP licenseMIT
59 CourseLit ★ 1.3K

Create, sell, and manage online courses with ease

last pushyesterday languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
60 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.

last push8 months ago languageC# licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source cms projects are there?

This registry tracks 93 projects tagged cms, with 652,425 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is hugo at 90,326 stars.

Are these cms projects free to use?

Yes — 85 of the 93 carry an explicit open-source licence across 6 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which cms project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these cms projects still maintained?

81 of the 93 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.