21 of the Best Free Web Content Management Systems
A web content management system (WCMS) is software designed to
simplify the publication of Web content. In particular, it enables
content creators to submit content without requiring technical
knowledge of HTML or the uploading of files. A CMS is most commonly
used in creating an intranet
or in establishing a presence on the Web.
This type of software that keeps track of every piece
of content on a Web site. Content can be simple text, photos,
music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. A
major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical
skill or knowledge to manage.
Not only do content management systems help website users with
content editing, they also take care of a lot of "behind the scenes"
work such as automatically generating navigation elements, making
content searchable and indexable, keeping track of users, their
permissions and security setting, and much more.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is
available, we have compiled a list of 21 high quality free Linux WCMS.
Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone who
wishes to manage a website.
Now, let's explore the 21 WCMS tools at hand. For each
title we have compiled its own portal page, providing a screenshot of
the software in action, a full description with an
in-depth analysis of its features, together with links to relevant
resources and reviews.
| Web Content Management Systems
(WCMS) |
| Drupal |
Platform and content management system written in PHP |
| Joomla! |
Award-winning
system to build Web sites and powerful online applications |
| CMS
Made Simple |
For corporate websites, or the website promoting a team
or organization, |
| XOOPS |
eXtensible
Object Oriented Portal System |
| Plone |
Running on top of
Python,
Zope and the CMF |
| Contao |
(formerly
TYPOlight) Specializes
in accessibility (back end and front end) |
| eZ
Publish |
Professional PHP
application framework with advanced CMS |
| dotCMS |
Java
Open
Source Web Content Management System |
| MODx |
Powerful framework to deploy and
secure websites and web applications |
| SilverStripe |
Flexible,
open source programming framework, and CMS |
| Mambo |
Dynamic portal engine and content management system |
| miaCMS |
Content
Management Made Easy |
| ImpressCMS |
Community
developed Content Management System |
| Typo3 |
Small
to midsize enterprise-class content management system. |
| Textpattern |
Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use open source content
management system |
| e107 |
Portal
or CMS using PHP
and MySQL |
|
|
| Lightweight
Web Content Management Systems |
| Pluck |
Focuses on user friendliness; lets anyone to manage a
website |
| Radiant |
No-fluff,
fairly friendly, easy to use and customize CMS |
| Frog
CMS |
CMS Simplified |
| NanoCMS |
Tiniest,
simplest, flat-file, PHP
based CMS |
| SkyBlueCanvas |
For small web sites; easy-to-use, extensible and
skinnable |
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