Best Content Management Systems (CMS) software in 2026

Publify

publify.github.io

Open source

Simple but full featured web publishing software.

REDAXO

redaxo.org

Open source

Simple, flexible and useful content management system (documentation in German).

SilverStripe

silverstripe.org

Open source

Easy to use CMS with powerful MVC framework underlying.

SPIP

spip.net

Open source

Publication system for the Internet aimed at collaborative work, multilingual environments, and simplicity of use for web authors.

Squidex

squidex.io

Open source

Headless CMS, based on MongoDB, CQRS and Event Sourcing.

Strapi

strapi.io

Open source

The most advanced open-source Content Management Framework (headless-CMS) to build powerful API with no effort.

Superdesk

superdesk.org

Open source

- End-to-end news creation, production, curation, distribution, and publishing platform.

Textpattern

textpattern.com

Open source

Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS.

Typemill

typemill.net

Open source

Author-friendly flat-file-cms with a visual markdown editor based on vue.js.

TYPO3

typo3.org

Open source

Powerful and advanced CMS with a large community.

Umbraco

umbraco.com

Open source

The friendly CMS. Free and open source with an amazing community.

Vvveb CMS

vvveb.com

Open source

Powerful and easy to use CMS to build websites, blogs or e-commerce stores.

Wagtail

wagtail.io

Open source

Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience.

WinterCMS

wintercms.com

Open source

Speedy and secure content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework.

WonderCMS

wondercms.com

Open source

WonderCMS is the smallest flat file CMS since 2008.

WordPress

wordpress.org

Open source

World's most-used blogging and CMS engine.