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Cockpit Next

Headless content platform for any front end

Content Management Systems ★ 750 stars Medium setup MIT

Cockpit Next is the rewritten generation of the Cockpit headless CMS, providing a content API, structured content management, and asset handling without dictating a presentation layer. It is designed to serve content to websites, apps, and other services.

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Key features

  • Headless content API
  • Structured content models
  • Asset manager
  • Lightweight footprint

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in PHP
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Is Cockpit Next secure?

1 known vulnerability affects Cockpit Next's latest release (2.14.1) according to OSV.dev; the most severe is rated medium.

Affecting 2.14.1

AdvisorySeveritySummary
CVE-2026-109379MediumCockpit CMS 2.14.1 Account Enumeration via Timing Discrepancy in /auth/check
  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-105217, published 2026-10-04 (10 days ago), fixed in 2.14.1

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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