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WordPress is a content management system and publishing platform for building websites, blogs and apps. People write and organize content in a browser-based editor, choose how the site looks with themes, and publish without writing code. Its own site describes it as the platform behind millions of websites, from creators and small businesses to enterprises.

Design and editing are built around blocks, so pages can be assembled and rearranged visually with a live preview as content changes. Styling can be adjusted for different screen sizes and interactive states without writing CSS. Functionality is extended through a large library of plugins that add features such as stores, analytics, newsletters and social media integration.

The software is written in PHP and is open source; the GitHub repository is a read-only mirror of the project's Subversion repository, with development happening elsewhere. You can run it on your own hosting, and a managed service is also available through WordPress.com. It suits individual bloggers, small businesses and larger organizations alike.

Wagtail is an open-source CMS built on the Python web framework Django. It concentrates on the authoring experience, offering a fast, attractive interface for editors, while developers and designers keep precise control over page structure and front-end templates. The project has a strong community and commercial support options.

Notable capabilities include StreamField, which lets editors assemble flexible content blocks without sacrificing structure, a content API for headless sites with a decoupled front end, integrated search that can use Elasticsearch or PostgreSQL, good handling of images and embedded media, and multi-site and multi-language readiness. The README says it can handle millions of pages and thousands of editors, and it runs anywhere from a Raspberry Pi to a multi-datacenter cloud platform.

Wagtail works with Python 3 on any platform and installs into a virtual environment, with a getting-started tutorial for setup. It is BSD-3-Clause licensed. Because it extends Django, it is a natural choice for Python teams building websites for organizations and publishers that need a customizable, editor-friendly content platform.

Umbraco is a free and open-source content management system for the .NET platform. Developers use it to build websites and digital experiences with .NET and ASP.NET Core, while editors manage content through a browser-based back office.

The homepage could not be retrieved when this entry was prepared, so details come from the repository description and metadata. The project is a .NET codebase tagged for .NET Core and ASP.NET Core. The vendor also operates a managed cloud service for hosting Umbraco sites, and an ecosystem of packages extends the core.

Umbraco is licensed under MIT, so you can self-host it on your own web servers or Windows and Linux hosting. It suits agencies and in-house .NET teams that want a flexible, extensible CMS in their existing technology stack.

Joomla is a free, open-source content management system written in PHP. It lets site owners and developers build, organize and publish websites and web applications through an administrator interface, and it is tagged as both a CMS and a website builder with multilingual capabilities.

This repository contains the source of the current Joomla CMS, with version history and detailed changelogs published on the project site and continuous integration status shown for PHP and Node. Joomla relies on a large community of extension developers and translators to extend the core, and the project promotes contributions through Hacktoberfest.

Joomla is licensed under GPL-2.0 and installed on your own web hosting with a database. It suits small business sites, community portals, publishers and agencies that want a mature, extensible PHP CMS with built-in support for multiple languages.

Drupal is an open-source content management platform that supports websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven sites. This GitHub repository is a verbatim mirror of the Drupal core repository on git.drupal.org, and pull requests are not accepted here.

Development takes place on Drupal.org, which has hosted the international Drupal community since 2001 and provides the GitLab repository, issue queue and documentation. Contributors use issue forks and merge requests. The core feature set can be extended with thousands of free, open-source modules, and many projects can be built mostly by assembling those modules before writing custom code.

Drupal keeps detailed change records covering notable breaking changes and new features since 2011, publishes security advisories through a page and RSS feed, and describes a formal security process. The software is written in PHP, and, as is widely known, it is released under the GPL.

Craft is a flexible, easy-to-use content management system for building bespoke digital experiences, online and elsewhere. It offers an intuitive control panel for content creation and administration, and a clean-slate approach to content modeling that makes no assumptions about what you manage.

Developers build front ends with Twig templates, or go headless using the auto-generated GraphQL API. The platform also supports a full ecommerce solution for bespoke online stores, a Plugin Store inside the control panel offering hundreds of plugins, both free and paid, and an extension framework based on Yii2 for advanced customization. Repository topics list Twig, GraphQL, PHP 8 and several major Craft versions.

The code is source-available, and GitHub shows the license as 'Other' because Craft uses its own license, with free and paid editions offered by the vendor. Craft is self-hosted on your PHP server, and the vendor provides support and cloud hosting options. It suits agencies and in-house teams building tailored sites.

TYPO3 is an open-source, PHP-based content management system released under the GNU GPL. It was created by Kasper Skårhøj and is developed today by a community of contributors and the TYPO3 Core Development Team. This repository is a synchronized mirror of the core packages, which are reviewed on the project's own code review system.

It describes itself as a content management framework, meaning the streamlined core is separated from optional extensions, and an open API lets developers extend both the website frontend and the administration backend. Many ready-made extensions are available, or you can write your own. TYPO3 runs on web servers such as Apache, nginx or IIS, on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and macOS, and uses a database such as MySQL.

The backend is accessed through a supported browser, and the installation guide explains how to set up a basic installation on your server. TYPO3 is self-hosted, with documentation and community resources linked from the README, and it is aimed at agencies and organizations building large, multilingual and customized sites. The repository lists the GPL-2.0 licence.

dotCMS is an enterprise content management system that combines headless delivery with visual page editing. Content teams can edit pages in a visual editor, while developers consume the same content through REST and GraphQL APIs from any front-end stack, including single-page apps and server-rendered sites.

The platform supports multi-tenancy, so one instance can host many sites in many languages, such as microsites, brand sites or intranets. Content and assets are indexed in Elasticsearch for real-time and faceted search, and can also be vectorized for semantic search in AI applications. Marketing features include personalization, rules and A/B testing, plus custom workflows, roles and permissions, push and static publishing, and an OSGi-based plugin architecture.

dotCMS ships as a Docker image for self-hosting and also as dotCMS Cloud, a managed product. The code is public under the Business Source License 1.1, and the README says it is free for organizations with total finances under $5,000,000 USD; larger organizations should read the license terms.

Concrete CMS is an open-source content management system written in PHP and built by contributors from around the world. It was previously known as concrete5, which explains the older names that still appear in repositories and projects.

This repository covers Concrete CMS 9.0 and later; concrete5 8.x and 5.7.x live in separate branches and older 5.6 releases in a legacy repository. To work from source you clone the repository and install third-party dependencies with Composer. Documentation is maintained on a dedicated site that community members can edit after logging in with their community account.

The software is licensed under MIT and runs on your own PHP hosting, with forums and a contributor guide for those who want to get involved. Topics also describe it as a framework that developers can build on.