List of Free and Open Source CMS

List of CMS (Content Management System), free and open source, written in PHP or other languages.
Click on the name to get the software.

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.
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
DotClear 2	Blog	MySQL, SQlite, PostgreSQL	Multi-users, multi-blogs.
DokuWiki	Wiki	Flat text files.
Drupal	Portal	MySQL or PostgreSQL	Sponsored by the University of Oregon.
e107	Portal	MySQL
Elgg	Social network	MySQL 5	Building a social network with PHP 5.
FluxBB	Forum	MySQL	Lightweight but complete forum, perfect besides a portal.
GuppY	Portal	Flat text files
Joomla!	Portal	MySQL	Popular CMS, fork of Mambo.
Lodel	Portal	MySQL	Electronic publishing.
MediaWiki	Wiki	MySQL	Wikipedia CMS.
Midgard CMS	Portal	MySQL	Framework for CMS
Modx	Portal	MySQL	Adaptable framework.
phpBB	Forum	MySQL	Forum CMS with a lot of themes and mods.
PHPMotion	Video sharing	MySQL	Youtube-like CMS
phpMyFAQ	FAQ	MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL Server and MariaDB
phpWCMS	Portal	MySQL
Plume	Portal	MySQL
PmWiki	Wiki	Flat text files
Prestashop	e-shop	MySQL 5	Open an online shop with PHP 5.
ProcessWire	Portal	MySQL 5	Separates content management and interface.
PunBB	See fluxBB.
SEO Toaster	e-shop	MySQL, PHP 5	SEO oriented, rich author interface.
SMF	Forum	MySQL	(SimpleMachines)
SPIP	Templates	MySQL
Textpattern	Portal	MySQL
Typo3	Portal	MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
Wordpress	Blog/Portal	MySQL	Very popular and extensible blog CMS.
Xoops	Portal	MySQL	Popular modular CMS.

Java CMS

Name	Category	Supported databases	Comments
Cocoon	Dynamic	XML
Forrest	Framework	MySQL	Document sharing.
Lenya	Portal	XML	Based on Cocoon.
Magnolia	Portal	Content repository API
OpenCMS	Portal	MySQL, Oracle

JavaScript and Node.js

It is a new trend to make site managers with Node.js and JavaScript. Even Wordpress tends to replace PHP by JS for the interface (see Wordpress section). The CMS is more like a Web application, is lighter, more responsive.

Name	Plateform	Category	Supported databases	Comments
Ghost	JavaScript	Blog	SQLite, MySQL.	Editing on two windows, markdown and real view.
NodeBB	JavaScript	Forum	Redis	Modern look, based on Node.js.
Telescope	JavaScript	Digg-like	MongoDB	Based on Meteor and Node. Real-time.

Other programming languages

Name	Plateform	Category	Supported databases	Comments
Composite	.NET	Portal	ADO.NET and LINK	For the cloud.
Discourse	Ruby/JS	Forum	PostgreSQL/Redis	Native anti-spam. IE10 at least.
Nesta	Ruby	Blog	HTML files
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/Python	Blog	ZODB, MySQL & PostgreSQL via Zope
Rainbow	C#	Portal	MySQL
TWiki	Perl	Wiki	Any DB compatible with Perl DBI.

Online Static Site Management

In combination with a static site generator that works locally, these CMSs manage the pages on the server.

Name	Plateform	Type	Database	Comment
Jekyll	Ruby	Blog	None.	Static site generator.
Netlify	React/Github	Portal/Blog	None	Work with many SSG.