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Best Multi-User Content Management Systems for self-hosting

The 68 best Multi-User content management systems you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

At a glance

AppDeploy effortDifficultyMin. RAMLicense★ Stars
GhostUnder-an-hour setupMedium1,024 MBMIT55,532
Payload CMSUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBMIT45,236
DocsifyRead-the-docs projectMedium50 MBMIT31,545
WordPress≈5-minute setupEasy512 MBGPL-2.021,471
WagtailUnder-an-hour setupMedium1,024 MBBSD-3-Clause20,562
October CMSUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBMIT11,146
django CMSUnder-an-hour setupHard1,024 MBBSD-3-Clause10,676
KeystoneUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBMIT9,974
Orchard CoreUnder-an-hour setupHard1,024 MBBSD-3-Clause8,198
PlasmicUnder-an-hour setupHard2,048 MBMIT7,099

Quick picks

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Multi-User within the content management systems category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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