This dataset lists every content management system profiled on Word & Press with its licence, the latest version we checked, what it runs on, its starting price where one is published, and its maker. It is generated from the profiles themselves, so each value is sourced on the linked profile, and it is free to reuse with credit.
What’s in it
One row per CMS in our CMS profiles. The columns are the platform’s name and maker, its licence, the latest stable version we checked, what it runs on, its published starting price (where the vendor publishes one), its official website, the address of our profile, the evidence level of that profile and the date its facts were checked.
Where the data comes from
The file is built automatically from the same fields that appear in the key-facts box on each profile, so the two can’t disagree. Each of those facts is listed with its source and check date in the Sources section of the profile. Versions and prices change often; check the date on each row.
Reusing it
The dataset is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. You can use it for any purpose, including commercially, if you credit Word & Press and link to this page.
The data
Download the CSV (24 platforms). Each row links to its profile, where every value is sourced.
| CMS | Licence | Version checked | Runs on | Price | Maker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc XP | — | — | Web | — | The Washington Post |
| Backdrop CMS | GPL-2.0-or-later | 1.35.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Backdrop CMS project (Software Freedom Conservancy) |
| Concrete CMS | MIT | 9.5.5 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | PortlandLabs and the Concrete CMS community |
| Contentful | — | — | Web | — | Contentful |
| Craft CMS | Proprietary (Craft licence, source available) | 5.11.5.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows | — | Pixel & Tonic, Inc. |
| Decap CMS | MIT | 3.16.3 | Web | Free | Decap CMS contributors |
| Directus | Monospace Sustainable Core License 1.0 (source-available; converts to GPL-3.0 after four years) | 12.5.0 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Monospace Inc. |
| django CMS | BSD-3-Clause | 5.1.3 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | django CMS Association |
| Drupal | GPL-2.0-or-later | 11.4.9 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Drupal community; founded by Dries Buytaert |
| Ghost | MIT | 6.69.0 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Ghost Foundation |
| Grav | MIT | 2.2.6 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | — |
| Hugo | Apache-2.0 | 0.167.0 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | The Hugo Authors |
| Joomla | GPL-2.0-or-later | 6.1.4 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Open Source Matters, Inc. and the Joomla community |
| Kirby | Proprietary (source available; paid licence for public sites) | 5.6.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows | — | — |
| Payload | MIT | 3.90.2 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Payload CMS, LLC |
| ProcessWire | MPL-2.0 | 3.0.259 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Ryan Cramer / Ryan Cramer Design, LLC |
| Sanity | MIT (Sanity Studio); hosted Content Lake is a commercial service | 6.18.0 | Web | Free | Sanity.io |
| Statamic | Proprietary (source available) | 6.35.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows | — | Statamic, LLC |
| Storyblok | — | — | Web | Free | Storyblok |
| Strapi | MIT (Community Edition); separate Enterprise Edition licence for ee/ code | 5.57.0 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Strapi |
| TYPO3 | GPL-2.0 | 14.3.8 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | TYPO3 community; created by Kasper Skårhøj |
| Umbraco CMS | MIT | 18.2.1 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Umbraco |
| Wagtail | BSD-3-Clause | 8.0 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | Torchbox and contributors |
| WordPress | GPL-2.0-or-later | 7.1.3 | Linux, macOS, Windows | Free | WordPress open-source project |