django CMS vs Keystone
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted content management systems options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare django CMS with
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Compare Keystone with
choose an app… Strapi Ghost Payload CMS Directus Docsify WordPress Wagtail Grav Tina CMS October CMS Orchard Core Plasmic Pagekit Umbraco Joomla Statamic Mezzanine ApostropheCMS Drupal Pico Pimcore Craft CMS Microweber Anchor CMS Squidex Keystatic Piranha CMS PublicCMS Publify Kirby Winter CMS Bludit MODX Revolution Sulu TYPO3 Fork CMS Vvveb ProcessWire Backdrop CMS OJS Cowyo Automad ClassicPress Concrete CMS Superdesk Cockpit Next WonderCMS Silverstripe CMS Typemill Wiki-Go Bolt Omeka WikiDocs Omeka S ImpressPages Datenstrom Yellow Expressa Contao GetSimple CMS Monstra CouchCMS Indexhibit REDAXO Subrion CMS Phile Razuna Pytition Formwork Localess Noosfero WBCE CMS PHPBoost Sphido 299Ko CMS Made Simple Pepettes Scovie Lionwiki FastAPI Gemserv DotClear 2 Faircamp my_capsule Neos Petites Annonces PureBlog SPIP ZwiiCMS
Feature django CMS Keystone Category Content Management Systems Content Management Systems License BSD-3-Clause MIT Language Python TypeScript Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 1,024 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 10,658 ★ 9,938 First released 2009 2013 Replaces Adobe Experience Manager, Sitecore Contentful, Strapi
Why pick each one
Choose django CMS if… Great for Python teams Scalable enterprise architecture django CMS details Choose Keystone if… Strong TypeScript support Flexible and extensible Keystone details
Frequently asked questions Is django CMS or Keystone better? Neither is universally better. django CMS has the larger community, while Keystone is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are django CMS and Keystone free and open-source? Yes. django CMS is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Keystone under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run django CMS and Keystone with Docker? django CMS: yes. Keystone: yes.