Open source content-management projects
Every project in the registry tagged content-management, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
AI workspace for docs, projects, and wikis you control
Headless CMS with REST and GraphQL APIs out of the box
Headless CMS for developers, built with Node.js
Home of the Joomla! Content Management System
Your web application for managing personal data.
Flexible CMS for custom digital experiences
Leading Git-based headless CMS. Successor to Netlify/Decap CMS. Modern UX, first-class i18n support, mobile support + numerous improvements. Framework-agnostic,
Open-source, self-hostable social media management platform. Schedule, publish, and manage content across 10+ platforms from a single dashboard. Free alternativ
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...
Collaborative content creation for technical teams
SonicJS - The edge-native headless CMS for Cloudflare Workers. Sub-100ms response times, zero cold starts, TypeScript-first. Built on D1, R2, and Hono.
MODX Revolution - Content Management Framework
The TYPO3 Core - Enterprise Content Management System. Synchronized mirror of https://review.typo3.org/q/project:Packages/TYPO3.CMS
Open source CMS with powerful drag-and-drop builder
A flexible, elegant, fast and easy-to-use content management system written in PHP.
Per-component Internationalisation solution for JS application. Type-Safe. Translate with AI. Edit Visually.
Fast and small flat file CMS (5 files). Built with PHP, JSON database.
Easy, flexible and powerful cloud-native Laravel CMS package powered by AI with JSON:API, GraphQL API, templates, and themes
VaahCMS is a laravel based open-source web application development platform shipped with a headless content management system (CMS).
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source content-management projects are there?
This registry tracks 19 projects tagged content-management, with 229,633 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is AppFlowy at 78,112 stars.
Are these content-management projects free to use?
Yes — 16 of the 19 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 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 content-management 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 content-management projects still maintained?
18 of the 19 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.