SHSelfHostIndex

Best Plugins Content Management Systems for self-hosting

The 34 best Plugins 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
WordPress≈5-minute setupEasy512 MBGPL-2.021,471
GravUnder-an-hour setupEasy256 MBMIT15,686
October CMSUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBMIT11,146
django CMSUnder-an-hour setupHard1,024 MBBSD-3-Clause10,676
Orchard CoreUnder-an-hour setupHard1,024 MBBSD-3-Clause8,198
UmbracoUnder-an-hour setupMedium1,024 MBMIT5,268
JoomlaUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBGPL-2.05,147
StatamicUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBMIT4,906
ApostropheCMSUnder-an-hour setupMedium512 MBMIT4,646

Quick picks

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

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