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15 Open Source CMS

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Hey Everyone, There are tons of Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) available today. So it is hard to find what CMS is the best to use. This list of 15 Open Source CMS will help you in your quest to find a Content Management system that’s right for you. This list is in no particular order.

– Textpattern is an easy to use open source cms. Textpattern is written in PHP and uses mysql for the database. Textpattern is very flexible to use. Also you can view some websites powered by Textpattern at welovetxp.com
– Drupal is an open source content management platform. Drupal has all the basic features of a CMS but it also has the ability to have Collaborative authoring environments, Forums, Peer-to-peer networking, Newsletters, Podcasting, and Picture galleries. Drupal is written in PHP and SQL.
– WordPress is one of the most popular open source blogging software that can be used as a CMS. With the help of plugins and some tweaking of the code you can turn your blog into a very powerful CMS.
– Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Joomla is used all over the world to power Web sites of all shapes and sizes. For example you can create websites from Corporate sites to E-commerece sites and is even used in Government applications. Joomla is very powerful and has a great community to help you.
– Nucleus CMS is an open-source blogging software written in PHP and MySql. Nucleus CMS is primarily written and maintained by Wouter Demuynck. Nucleus CMS allows you to manage multiple web blogs, drafts and future posts, and allows for multiple authors.
– dotCMS is an another award-winning open source CMS for building/managing websites built in Java. dotCMS includes enterprise CMS features such as support for virtual hosting, WebDav, structured content, clustering and can run on multiple databases. There are a number of features and modules in dotCMS, including RSS feeds, AJAX driven calendar, news listing, blogs, forums, user tracking and tagging, built in search engine, and more. You should definitely check it out.
– Alfresco is an open source enterprise content management system for Microsoft Windows and Unix operating systems. It is designed is for users who need a lots of function and scalability. Alfresco is written in Java. Like some of the others Alfresco is an award-winning software that has desktop integration, and full document mangagement.
– Plone is a free open source CMS built on top of the Zope application server, which is written in Python. Most times it is used as an intranet website but it can be used on the internet as well. All of Plone’s features are customizable, and free add-ons are available from the Plone website. The one problem that many have is the use with the Python and Zope. But overall is a very good CMS.
– e107 is an open source CMS that allows for quick creation and management of websites or community portals. e107 is built using PHP and database support via MySQL. e107 features, high performance caching, news and RSS feed handling, template system, forums system, and an easy to use backend.
– eZ Publish is an Enterprise open source CMS that has a very cool import/export word document feature. It can even translate your content into any other languages. ez Publish has some very cool features that includes picture galleries, video publishing, and a very nice user management control. You can customize ez Publish anyway you want.
– Mambo is a business oriented open source CMS that is very easy to install and use. Mambo is fully customizable and has a very nice active comunity to help you. Mambo features include but not limited to page caching, News, products or services sections fully editable, WYSIWYG content editor, and Advertising management.
– Diferior is a multi-purpose content management system, that provides all the necessary tools to easily publish and organize your content. Diferior is capable of distributing files via BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP protocols, has built in forums, and a blog system. All of which can be customized to your liking.
– Symphony is a CMS made for web developers. Symphony’s uses XSLT to provide developers a lot of flexibility. If you’re looking for an application that takes care of the technical side of things for you, then Symphony is probably not the best choice.
– Frog CMS is a simplified CMS that uses PHP 5 and MySQL 4. Frog CMS has drag/drop capabilities, Flexible page content, and very customizable navigation menu. Frog CMS is very customizable with the use of plugins and themes.
– ExpressionEngine is a flexible CMS that is built by EllisLab. EllisLab is also the creator CodeIgniter a great PHP Framework. ExpressionEngine requires PHP 4+ and Mysql 3+. ExpressionEngine is very customizable and easy to use. It also comes with great built in cache feature and even a very simple shopping cart feature.

I know that there are tons of other great Open Source CMS’s. So please list your favorites below.

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Ivo Ivan says, December 5th, 2008

If you don’t have MySQL. You can try Quick.Cms. It’s simple and free. Check it here: http://opensolution.org/index,pl.html?sLang=en

Janko says, December 5th, 2008

These are (probably) PHP based CMS systems. What about other platforms?

Stylepile says, December 5th, 2008

I would add ModX to the list. I’ve used it on many small to medium sized sites and had great success. Only downside I see is that the back-end is a bit more difficult to use than TextPattern or EE, but I usually brand the back-end and disable a few menu items to make it easier for them.

All of these are great but ModX is worth a look.

Christian Becher says, December 5th, 2008

I like my CMS: Constructr CMS! PHP based with a lot of Features for Websites from small to middle Size. Visit at http://phaziz.com/constructr-cms/ or http://constructr-cms.org.

(Alfresco is a realy great CMS!!!

Michael says, December 5th, 2008

Nice list of CMS’s… i did not know about dotCms another nice competitor in the Java based category… I use (and also develop) OpenCms…

rockoyster says, December 5th, 2008

MoveableType? http://www.movabletype.org/

registry says, December 5th, 2008

As written – there are dozens and dozens of cms not mentioned.
have a look at cmsmatrix.org to get an overview – or drown and test to the day of judgement.
Sorry to say it, but such short lists as the above are almost always of almost no use. the choice of an cms depends on the task 2 b fullfilled. …
btw: my favorite (since i am asked for) typolight.org. at least my customers love it.
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Patrick says, December 5th, 2008

What about Habari? It’s open source and it’s light, and can run using SQLite for those that can’t have MySQL

Emanuel says, December 6th, 2008

This is defenetly a nice list, but you all really should take a look at ModX CMS. It’s extremly flexible and perfect to use for websites from small to midsize..

maddesigns says, December 10th, 2008

Don’t forget TYPO3 – http://www.typo3.com

Julie Riley says, December 12th, 2008

I’d like to add OpenEdit to your list. OpenEdit digital asset and web content management is an open source web app, developed in JAVA, no PHP. OpenEdit has been around for some time, a lot has been developed on the asset management end, as basically DAM and CMS can be used together to manage all digital assets and content.

http://www.openeditdam.com

Matias says, January 17th, 2009

I am afraid you forgot to mention webapp open source, perl CMS from http://www.web-app.net it is maybe the most safe and fastest cms on earth with infinite plugins and scripts.

Binu says, January 24th, 2009

Graffiti CMS its free for non Commercial use, you can get it from http://www.graffiticms.com/

Rahul says, January 25th, 2009

I prefer WordPress and Joomla to other.

Choice does differ to users.

Adlina says, February 6th, 2009

I’d suggest Silverstripe and Concrete5. Extremely easy to manage and customise.

Jafar says, February 13th, 2009

Nice, list, check out the Jaws Project http://www.jaws-project.com/

I like it because it’s a complete system with an easy admin interface.

I also use Joomla and WordPress, which I think are really good with some of their extensions.

Cesar says, February 25th, 2009

FreeGuppy is a good, lightweight CMS (flatfile).
QuickCMS (also mentioned by someone else) is also a decent lightweight flat-file CMS.
Drupal I’m liking too, though I haven’t worked very long with that.

Greg "the McQuay Parts guy" says, March 19th, 2009

Big fan of wordpress and joomla. I need to check out some of the others mentioned.

Emigniter says, March 25th, 2009

Expression Engine is not Open Source

Zoneaire says, April 2nd, 2009

Symphony would be a great help to me in the future.

Harun Shaikh says, April 13th, 2009

Modx is another noteworthy CMS with lot of features
thanks for compiling nice list

kljenwf says, May 10th, 2009

Thank you webtecker , that useful

greg says, June 17th, 2009

CMS Made Simple – http://cmsmadesimple.org

All of my clients that have used this one swear by it for sheer ease of use.

PHP {Smarty}, MySQL system.

Lesya says, July 1st, 2009

It’s hard not to get lost in all the variety of shopping carts, to choose a perfect one for your business. You can stick to let’s say cubecart – stable and reliable solution for your business. You can switch to cubecart easily with cart2cart web service http://www.shopping-cart-migration.com

Volkovysk says, July 19th, 2009

I like my personal CMS, but some times use open source, thanks for this post. Can I translate this into russian and reproduce in my blog?

Joomla CMS Development says, July 31st, 2009

Nice list of open source CMS All are at one place.

CoffeeHunter says, August 28th, 2009

If you want to build a serious website, Drupal is the answer. It has many advanced features to build a simple or large scale website. I think Drupal is the best CMS, at least till today.

ecofe.blogspot.com

george says, January 26th, 2010

A lite weight opens source CMS is also http://www.jupiterportal.org.

Andrew says, January 29th, 2010

I know this post is a bit dated, but MovableType just went open…can we get that on this list? Also ModX (though I prefer MT)

Name is required says, February 10th, 2010

JOOMLA IS SH*T, DON’T USE IT.

Sapitt says, March 5th, 2010

Modx CMS is one of the best CMS I’ve found

hooplsa says, March 18th, 2010

i agree with one of the comments, ModX CMS is great and you should all take a look at it. You want a CMS that’s seo friendly in every way possible.

Jaws says, April 9th, 2010

Never forget Jaws – http://www.jaws-project.com

colon cleansing says, April 26th, 2010

Big fan of wordpress and joomla. I need to check out some of the others mentioned.

Rock Music says, June 3rd, 2010

I just know that there is lot of good cms out there.
Love wordpress.
Thanks for the great info mate..

Tutorial WordPress says, June 9th, 2010

WordPres is my favorite once

Enterprise Social Software says, August 17th, 2010

This is a great list, but the reality it open source doesn’t always equal better. You should always check out all your options, not just open source.

Business Social Software says, August 17th, 2010

Very comprehesive list on CMSs, most of them I’ve checked out but there are a couple there I’d like to try. Thanks!

Nirmik says, September 2nd, 2010

It is really nice.

WP Lover says, September 3rd, 2010

I like to use WordPress CMS, how about you?

Website transfer says, September 22nd, 2010

Nice ! Great ! wonderful collection of all Open Source CMS. Helpful to banners.

hotels in great barrington says, December 1st, 2010

many other open source are there like typo3, magento so i think you should add this one also.

web development says, December 5th, 2010

I am looking for such type of informative news and i get through this blog so i am very much thankful to you for sharing such a great information.

Jerome says, February 14th, 2011

There is a new content managements system available, jakcms.com.

It is also open source and very easy to use!

Darrell says, March 11th, 2011

TextPattern and WordPress I have used. TextPattern is pretty good for developers, WordPress less so but reasonable for end users.

Will certainly try out some of these others…good list.

CMS Application says, March 23rd, 2011

very interesting, learned a lot!.

Joseph says, June 8th, 2011

You can check Tomato CMS too (http://www.tomatocms.com/) It is built on Zend Framework.

Alex says, August 18th, 2011

You forgot Typo3, one of the most powerful CMS of all… well it also can be very difficult to handle and its made for really big sites such as those of universities.
There’s another Typo-like CMS, Contao. Contao is very user friendly, easy to setup and it comes with a nice list of features. It also offers you an integrated extension catalogue from where you can install extensions with a few clicks without leaving your sites back-end!
http://typo3.com
http://www.contao.org/

Dried Fruits and Nuts says, September 18th, 2011

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Online says, October 17th, 2011

MErci beaucoup pour ces informations.

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