Open source content-management-system projects
Every project in the registry tagged content-management-system, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
Headless CMS with REST and GraphQL APIs out of the box
Headless CMS for developers, built with Node.js
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。
A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators
Visual editing for your Git-based content
Craft flexible, powerful websites with ease
Craft flexible, beautiful digital experiences with ease
Leading Git-based headless CMS. Successor to Netlify/Decap CMS. Modern UX, first-class i18n support, mobile support + numerous improvements. Framework-agnostic,
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...
MODX Revolution - Content Management Framework
Open source CMS with powerful drag-and-drop builder
🚀 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.
A flexible, elegant, fast and easy-to-use content management system written in PHP.
Dedicated SSR (Server-side-rendered) Astro native Headless CMS, built from the ground up for the Astro community and by Astro community members
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-system projects are there?
This registry tracks 18 projects tagged content-management-system, with 302,157 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is hugo at 89,854 stars.
Are these content-management-system projects free to use?
Yes — 16 of the 18 carry an explicit open-source licence across 5 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-system 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-system projects still maintained?
16 of the 18 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.