List of Free and Open Source CMS
List of CMS (Content Management System), free and open source, written in PHP or other languages.
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PHP and MySQL CMS
| Name | Category | Supported databases | Comments |
| Ariadne | Portal | Oracle, PostgreSQL | |
| b2evolution | Blog | MySQL | |
| bbPress | Forum | MySQL | A derivative of Wordpress for forums. |
| BlogCMS | Blog | MySQL | |
| Caravel CMS | Portal | OpenLDAP and PostgreSQL | |
| Chlorine Boards | Portal | MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, Access | |
| CMSimple | Portal | One unique HTML file | |
| CMS Made Simple | Portal | MySQL | |
| Coppermine | Image gallery | MySQL | |
| CuteNews | News | Flat text files | |
| DBHcms | | MySQL | |
| DotClear 2 | Blog | MySQL, SQlite, PostgreSQL | Multi-users, multi-blogs. |
| DokuWiki | Wiki | Flat text files. | |
| Drigg | Digg-like | MySQL | Plug-in for Drupal. Very slow. |
| Drupal | Portal | MySQL or PostgreSQL | Sponsored by the University of Oregon. |
| e107 | Portal | MySQL | |
| eGroupWare | Groupware | ADOdb | Collaboration tool |
| Elgg | Social network | MySQL 5 | Building a social network with PHP 5. |
| FluxBB | Forum | MySQL | Lightweight but complete forum, perfect besides a portal. |
| Freeglobes | Directory | MySQL | |
| Geeklog | Blog | MySQL | |
| GuppY | Portal | Flat text files | |
| IntraLibre | Intranet | MySQL | Collaborative work and document sharing. |
| Itseasy | Portal | Flat text files | |
| Joomla! | Portal | MySQL | Popular CMS, fork of Mambo. |
| Lemon CMS | Portal | Flat text files. | |
| Lodel | Portal | MySQL | Electronic publishing. |
| MediaWiki | Wiki | MySQL | Wikipedia CMS. |
| Midgard CMS | Portal | MySQL | Framework for CMS |
| Modx | Portal | MySQL | Adaptable framework. |
| NPDS | Portal | MySQL | Content and community management. |
| Nucleus CMS | Blog | MySQL | |
| OpenPHPNuke | Portal | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite | |
| phpBB | Forum | MySQL | Forum CMS with a lot of themes and mods. |
| Phorum | Forum | MySQL | Easy to customize. |
| PHPMotion | Video sharing | MySQL | Youtube-like CMS |
| PHP-Nuke | Portal | MySQL | |
| PHPList | News | MySQL | |
| phpMyFAQ | FAQ | MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL Server and MariaDB | |
| phpWCMS | Portal | MySQL | |
| phpWebSite | Portal | MySQL or PostgreSQL | |
| PhpWiki | Wiki | Flat text files, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and more | |
| PivotX | Blog | Flat text files, XML | |
| Pligg | Digg-like | MySQL | News with score, still beta. |
| Plume | Portal | MySQL | |
| PmWiki | Wiki | Flat text files | |
| Prestashop | e-shop | MySQL 5 | Open an online shop with PHP 5. |
| PunBB | See fluxBB. |
| SEO Toaster | e-shop | MySQL, PHP 5 | SEO oriented, rich author interface. |
| SilverStripe | Portal | MySQL, PHP 5 | Editor oriented |
| SMF | Forum | MySQL | (SimpleMachines) |
| sNews | Blog | MySQL | Blog added to a portal website. |
| SPIP | Templates | MySQL | |
| Storytlr | Twitter/Blog | MySQL | Gallery of photos and videos |
| Templeet | Portal | XML, MySQL and other BDs. | |
| Textpattern | Portal | MySQL | |
| TikiWiki | Blog-Wiki | ADOdb | Groupware. |
| Typo3 | Portal | MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle | |
| VanillaForums | Forum | MySQL 5 | Lighter than PhpBB and easy to integrate. |
| Wikkawiki | Blog-Wiki | MySQL | |
| Wordpress | Blog/Portal | MySQL | Very popular and extensible blog CMS. |
| Xoops | Portal | MySQL | Popular modular CMS. |
| Zikula | Portal | MySQL | Application framework, formerly PostNuke. |
Java CMS
| Name | Category | Supported databases | Comments |
| Alfresco | Portail | Any. | Document management. WebDAV. CMIS. Multiple licenses. |
| Ametys | Portal | MySQL, PostgreSQL | LDAP, DocBook, Multi-sites |
| Cocoon | Dynamic | XML | |
| Daisy CMS | Portal | MySQL | Based on Cocoon. |
| Forrest | Framework | MySQL | Document sharing. |
| Graffito | Universal | OJB | Framework. |
| Jahia Community | Portal | Hypersonic, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server | Document sharing. |
| Literay | Portal | Any. | Framework and CMS. WebDAV. CMIS. |
| Logz | Portal | MySQL |
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| Magnolia | Portal | Content repository API | |
| MMBase | Portal | Blobs on the filesystem |
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| OpenCMS | Portal | MySQL, Oracle | |
| XSM | Static | XML | Java servlets |
Other programming languages
| Name | Plateform | Category | Supported databases | Comments |
| Bricolage | Perl | Portal | PostgreSQL | |
| Composite | .NET | Portal | ADO.NET and LINK | |
| Discourse | Ruby/JS | Forum | PostgreSQL/Redis | Native anti-spam. IE10 at least. |
| DotNetNuke | VB.NET | Portal | SQL Server. | |
| Jekyll | Ruby | Blog | None. | Static site generator. |
| Lenya | Cocoon | Portal | XML | |
| Mezzanine | Python/Jython | Portal | PostgreSQL | Uses the Django framework. |
| Nesta | Ruby | Blog | HTML files | |
| NodeBB | JavaScript | Forum | Redis | Modern look, based on Node.js. |
| OpenACS | TCL, AOL Server | Web App. | PostgreSQL/Oracle | Toolkit for community-oriented applications |
| Orchard | ASP.NET | Portal | SQL Server | Completed by user modules. |
| Plone | Zope | Blog | ZODB, MySQL & PostgreSQL via Zope | |
| Rainbow | C# | Portal | MySQL | |
| Scoop | Perl | Groupware | MySQL | |
| Skeletonz | Python |
| MySQL | |
| Telescope | JavaScript | Digg-like | MongoDB | Based on Meteor and Node. Real-time. |
| TWiki | Perl | Wiki | Any DB compatible with Perl DBI. | |
| Umbraco | ASP.NET | Universal | SQL Server | Works with WebMatrix. |
| WebGUI | Perl | Wiki | MySQL | |
| Zwook | Python | Portal | Zope | |
Categories
Specialization of the CMS. But some can earn several roles.
- Blog: Online diary.
- Blog-Wiki: (Or bliki) Blog with user contributing.
- Digg-like. Allows to contribute with news and to mark news.
- FAQ: Manager for questions from users and answers from the webmaster.
- Groupware: Collaborative website.
- Hub-Blog. Server of blogs.
- Portal: Common website, may be extended with a FAQ manager, un forum, etc.
- Templates: Static CMS, pages are defined by codes.
- Videos. Displays and manage videos.
- Web app: Web application, extended CMS.
- Wiki: Allows user to contribute.
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