Self-hosted projects tagged “Content Publishing”

Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for blogs and websites with built-in newsletters, membership management, and paid subscriptions.

MITActively maintained

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Ghost(Pro)+13

Outline is a fast, collaborative knowledge base for teams, featuring markdown docs, real-time editing, AI-powered search, and Slack integrations.

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Atlassian Confluence+16

MkDocs is a Python-based static documentation site generator that builds searchable HTML docs from Markdown using a simple YAML configuration and themes/plugins.

BSD-2-ClauseSlowing down

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Read the Docs+7

WordPress is an open-source CMS for building and managing websites and blogs with themes, a block editor, and a large plugin ecosystem.

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WordPress.com+13

Wagtail is an open-source CMS built on Django and Python, offering an editor-friendly admin UI, flexible content modeling with StreamField, and optional headless APIs.

BSD-3-ClauseActively maintained

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Adobe Experience Manager+19

Open-source collaborative documentation and wiki platform with real-time editing, offline sync, export features and flexible self-hosting options.

MITActively maintained

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Notion+17

Lightweight, extensible forum platform built in PHP with a Mithril.js frontend, supporting MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/SQLite and an active extensions ecosystem.

MITActively maintained

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Flarum Cloud+8

Open-source flat-file CMS for PHP that uses Markdown, Twig templates and YAML configs with a package manager for fast, flexible sites.

MITActively maintained

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WordPress.com+13

Open-source federated social network built around independently run pods, privacy via Aspects, and standard social features; implemented in Ruby on Rails.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Mastodon (mastodon.social)+6

KeystoneJS is an open-source headless CMS and application framework for Node.js that uses TypeScript, Prisma, GraphQL and React to provide customizable schemas, an Admin UI and generated APIs.

MITActively maintained

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KeystoneJS Cloud+19

Moodle is an open-source LMS written in PHP that enables institutions and organisations to create, deliver, and assess online courses with extensible plugins and integrations.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Canvas LMS+12

Joomla! is an open-source PHP CMS for building and managing websites with templates, extensions, multilingual support, and granular user permissions.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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WordPress.com+10

Open-source full-stack CMS built with Node.js and MongoDB, featuring in-context visual editing and headless APIs for building modern websites and content apps.

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Contentful+19

Open-source, self-hosted social media manager for scheduling, publishing, analytics and team workflows; deploy via Docker or as a Laravel package.

MITActively maintained

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Hootsuite+13

Gitit is a wiki engine that stores pages in a git-compatible repo, uses Pandoc for markup, and runs on Happstack.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Atlassian Confluence+14

Ech0 is a lightweight open-source, self-hosted federated publishing platform (ActivityPub) with a Vue-based UI, SQLite storage, Docker deployment and built-in Markdown editor.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Micro.blog+13

Coral (Talk) is an open-source commenting and moderation platform for publishers, offering real-time conversations, GraphQL APIs, moderation workflows, and extensible plugins.

Actively maintained

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Disqus+8

Open-source Ruby on Rails blogging and publishing platform (formerly Typo) with themes, plugins, multilingual support and an official demo.

MITActively maintained

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WordPress.com+9

Elgg is a modular open source platform for building social networks and collaborative communities with plugin-based extensions.

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Facebook+12

MODX Revolution is an open source PHP CMS and content management framework for building highly customized websites and digital experiences with full control over markup and templates.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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WordPress.com+11

HTMLy is a fast, databaseless PHP blogging platform and flat-file CMS with built-in search, themes, categories/tags, and an admin dashboard for managing content.

GPL-2.0Slowing down

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WordPress.com+8

Enterprise-grade open-source wiki platform for knowledge management, intranets and web applications.

LGPL-2.1Actively maintained

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Atlassian Confluence+15

Enterprise-grade PHP CMS with multisite, multilingual and headless capabilities, extensible via Composer and an extensive extension ecosystem.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Adobe Experience Manager+19

A PHP-based CMS with a visual page builder, multi-site, localization, ecommerce, and GraphQL/REST APIs.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Vvveb CMS Cloud+19

Open-source publishing platform enabling multi-user blogs, status updates, and media on your own site.

Actively maintained

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WordPress.com+9

Backdrop CMS is a lightweight, easy-to-use PHP content management system for building and managing professional websites with extensible add-ons and a Drupal 7 upgrade path.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Drupal Cloud+11

Sigal is a lightweight Python static gallery generator that builds responsive image galleries with themes, thumbnails, EXIF and video support, plus CLI tools to build and preview sites.

MITActively maintained

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Adobe Portfolio+11

Open-source server for hosting multiple static documentation projects with versioning, CLI upload, tagging and built-in search.

MITActively maintained

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Read the Docs+14

Open-source CMS for teams with in-context editing, granular permissions, and built-in collaboration.

MITActively maintained

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WordPress.com+10

Private, self-hosted blogging app with Markdown editor, private RSS, built-in reader, and Docker/Postgres deployment options.

MITActively maintained

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Medium+9