5 self-hosted Adobe Experience Manager alternatives

Adobe Experience Manager is a popular proprietary tool in the content management systems space. These open-source apps let you replace Adobe Experience Manager with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted Adobe Experience Manager alternatives

Wagtail

Content Management Systems

Developer-friendly Django CMS with a great editor experience

Replaces Adobe Experience Manager, WordPress

★ 20.4k Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

django CMS

Content Management Systems

Enterprise CMS built on the Django framework

Replaces Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore

★ 10.7k Hard setup BSD-3-Clause

Drupal

Content Management Systems

Flexible enterprise CMS for complex content structures

Replaces Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore

★ 4.3k Hard setup GPL-2.0

Sulu

Content Management Systems

Symfony-based CMS for business and enterprise websites

Replaces Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore

★ 1.3k Hard setup MIT

TYPO3

Content Management Systems

Enterprise CMS popular for large corporate websites

Replaces Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore

★ 1.2k Hard setup GPL-2.0

Compare Adobe Experience Manager alternatives

Switching from Adobe Experience Manager

Moving off Adobe Experience Manager means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.