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For web-developers who know how to "put it all together" in order to make it easy for people to use a webpage or website, a Content Management System (CMS) comes in handy.

A CMS makes it easy for users of a website to contribute, modify, and edit content and components of a website. A CMS works especially well for large, multi-tiered and complex websites, such as this one. At the core of a CMS is a highly-advanced API framework. Upon this, the CMS enables people (who may or may not be technically inclined) to interact with a site via various simplified "push-button" methods. Many popular blogs, social media websites, and community portals or web forums utilize a CMS.

There are many different types of CMSes available, but the zentu*nix OSS directory features those which are offered to open-source developers for free. Aside from being open-source, the CMSes featured here have in common that they DO NOT lock-in people, organizations or companies to using the CMS in a specific environment, brand or operating system.

"Anomey is an open source PHP framework with a built in administration interface and can therefore easily be used as a content management system. It actually targets web designers and website administrators who like to use a CMS which is scalable, flexible and extendable. To get more information about anomey visit the about page or take a look at the screenshots to see how the administration interface of anomey looks like."

"AptitudeCMS is an application framework to help you quickly build full featured, robust, secure and scalable PHP applications. Out-of-the-box AptitudeCMS supports the foundation of a content management system. You may be asking yourself, "Does PHP really need another content management system?" While there are many good, open source, PHP-based content management systems none provide the proper mix of solid framework components and the need for PHP developers to strip framework components out to help an application scale. We recognize the "AptitudeCMS" brand may be new to you but the codebase has been in production use for over three years and only now have we formalized this work into an open source project. From here we look forward on collaborating with others to make incremental improvements to the foundation we've provided."

"b2evolution is a powerful blog tool you can install on your own website. It includes all the features of traditional blog tools, and extends them with evolved features such as file & photo management, advanced skinning, multiple blogs support as well as detailed user permissions."

"bigAce To get a site up with BIGACE CMS is just that, fast and easy. And for those with advanced ambitions there are plenty of free addons. And there is an growing community at your service. We are trying to solve every issue and we know, beginner start with questions, so feel free and ask! It's very easy to add pages with content and addons wherever you want them to appear on the site. Design your website in whatever way or style you want or use one of the existing Themes. Load BIGACE and start your website. Simple as never before!"

"bloofoxCMS is a free open source content management system (CMS). You may use and download it free of charge without any limitations."

"Caravel is a enterprise-level Content Management System with an intuitive user interface, designed to allow non-technical users to maintain website content. Caravel allows admins to centrally maintain thousands of sites off one code-base. You can use Caravel to manage any type of site that you like, whether it's a single page blog or a corporate site with thousands of pages. Our tools make distributed publishing and management a breeze. And best of all, it's free."

"Concrete5 is easy for site owners to use, flexible for developers to work with, and is simply the new version of our enterprise level solution that powers such sites as Lemonade.com, Indie911.com, and LewisAndClark200.org to just name a few. After years of being evil software guys, we've seen the light and have gone free and fully open source."

"ConstructrCMS is a content management system that features clean frontend URLs, a frontend cache system, backend user management and rights management, nested_sets logic for page structuring, TinyMCE integration, Prototype and Scriptaculous integration, a file based template system, the ability to use a frontend that fits your special needs, and an asset center for your uploads. Automatic synchronization is done after FTP uploads. Thumbnails are automatically created for image uploads."

"Cyclone3 is extremely flexible open source framework designed for development of content management systems and custom applications developed for commercial purposes. It uses Perl as its main development language because of its high productivity. For data storage purposes it relies on MySQL. Cyclone3 XULadmin is the first open source content management system using the Mozilla Application Framework - and provides modern administration GUI powered by XUL, JavaScript, AJAX. It has the look and feel of desktop application but works as any other web page."

"Diferior is a flexible, customizable, both user and developer-friendly open-source, multi-purpose PHP content management system. Some highlights: *Blogging system * Attachments * BBcode, smilies * Torrent tracker frontend * Both private and public torrent tracker support * HTTP/FTP link downloads * User-submitted downloads * User management with e-mail validation, captcha anti-spam protection * User profiles * User preferences * Easy to use admin interface * Template support * Multilanguage support * Caching * Plugin support * Forums * RSS feeds."

"Drupal is an open source content management platform. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites."

"EasyEclipse's primary purpose is to provide easy-to-install and -use distributions of Eclipse, rather than develop new code. The code we have developed is for assembling, testing and distributing the different distributions of EasyEclipse. EasyEclipse packages together Eclipse, the open-source software development platform, and selected open source plugins."

"eggBlog is the free php & mysql blog software package, allowing you to create your own online website, journal or weblog (blog) using your own web-space."

"Elxis Version 2008.x is the most sophisticated open source content management system. We have totally re-written Elxis source code making it faster, more secure and compatible to the WWW standards. Elxis 2008.0 introduces many new features as well as changes to the CMS behavour in comparisson to the 2006.x generation."

"Etomite is completely different CMS in many ways - it allows the end user to control virtually every aspect of their website, whether it be from layout to how the Meta Tags are generated, making it the number one SEO CMS. If you are running Apache, and your host allows the use of .htaccess files, then Etomite becomes even more SEO Friendly (Search Engine Optimized), by allowing what we would call friendly urls - no more question marks in the URL (Universal Resource Locater), but virtual page names."

"eZ Publish is an Enterprise Content Management platform with an easy to use out of the box Web Content Management System. It is available as a free Open Source distribution and serves as the foundation for the rest of the eZ Publish Product Family."

"CompactCMS might just be the tenth CMS you considered using for your website. If that's true, ask yourself why you haven't found the right Content Management System just yet. If flexibility and efficiency come to mind: read on! CompactCMS is not your usual "fully loaded", "handle all fuss" and "too many features" CMS. Instead, it pretty much leaves all the designing and programming up to you, but makes editing the content easy without getting in your way. CompactCMS supports your way of working."

"Fundanemt is an open source CMS that aims at small and medium sized websites. The system is highly focused on usability. The user must be able to interact with his or hers website without no further knowlegde than that of the average desktop user. Fundanemt should bring the user beyond technology so that the prime focus becomes communication and content rather than technical issues."

"GENU is a Content Management System written with PHP language and using a database server (MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite). It is fully customisable since it use a templates system and support multiple languages. GENU is an open-source software distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL license."

"Icy Phoenix is a CMS based on phpBB (a fully scalable and highly customisable open-source Bulletin Board package PHP based) plus many modifications and code integrations which add flexibility to the whole package. The official home page for phpBB is www.phpbb.com. Icy Phoenix has some features originally developed for phpBB XS Project which has been founded by Bicet and then developed by both Bicet and Mighty Gorgon. Icy Phoenix has been created by Mighty Gorgon after he left the phpBB XS Project."

"Indexhibit is a web application used to build and maintain an archetypal, invisible website format that combines text, image, movie and sound. free and open source:
- translated into 17 languages
- requirements: PHP 4.3+, MySQL 4.0+, Linux/Apache server
- works best with any 'modern' web browser (Firefox, Safari, Opera)."

Jasmine is a very lightweight system. It can be used as a blog or even as a portal for a huge community site. Download and experience the simplicity, speed and lightness of Jasmine!"

"Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable."

"Limeware CMS is a free, lightweight, user friendly MySQL and PHP content management system with powerful cms features such as WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text editor, search friendly URLs, clickstream, article, news management and user administration. Ideal for personal and small scale websites. * Articles administration * News administration * 'What you see is what you get editor' (no need to use html). * Customization of menu links * User administration * Secure login * Search engine optimization * Click statistics * Articles and news customization * User friendly installation program * Design using css"

"First and foremost, Mambo is a Content Management System (CMS). It is the engine behind your website that simplifies the creation, management, and sharing of content. In the hands of a custom developer, Mambo is a powerful platform for a wide variety of Internet applications that go far above and beyond the simple creation of content."

"MemHT Portal is a Free PHP CMS and Blog It permits the creation and the management of websites with a few easy steps. It's completely customizable, expandable and suitable for all need."

"Midgard CMS is an Open Source Content Management System built on top of the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) platform. It provides a reliable, powerful and internationalized set of tools for building web sites and networked applications."

"MODx CMS is an open source PHP Application Framework that helps you take control of your online content. It empowers developers and advanced users to give as much control as desired to whomever they desire for day-to-day website content maintenance chores."

"With Nucleus, you can set up one or more weblogs. If you want to, you can even show the contents of multiple weblogs on the same page. Features include: Multiple Authors, Categories, Built-in commenting system, A karma-voting system, File/Image Upload and much more."

"ocPortal is website software which drives dynamic and interactive sites; use the quick installer to install ocPortal in minutes, and then after running the simple setup wizard you have a powerful website ready for use! By providing a wide-range of flexible general-purpose features for you to mix as you need, ocPortal enables you to build a highly personalised site (not just another cloned blog, forum, or portal) for far far less than you'd pay a web design company."

"Open CMS is a professional, easy to use website content management system. OpenCms helps content managers worldwide to create and maintain beautiful websites fast and efficiently. The fully browser-based user interface features configurable editors for structured content with well defined fields. Alternatively, content can be created using an integrated WYSIWYG editor similar to well known office applications. A sophisticated template engine enforces a site-wide corporate layout and W3C standard compliance for all content."

"Ovidentia, an open source content management and collaborative platform written with PHP and using a MySQL database. Ovidentia enables you to integrate simply and easily an environment for publishing content on the world wide web or a groupware portal (internet, intranet, extranet) for your company, organization, community. . .."

"phpwcms is an Open Source web content management system released under the GNU General Public License. You can use it for free. phpwcms is optimized for fast and easy setup and works on any standard web server platform that supports PHP/MySQL and was tested successfully on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, Mac OS X and LINUX. phpwcms is perfect for professional, public and private users. It is very easy to learn and gives you the flexibility to separate layout and content. Lots of powerful but simple implemented features assists publishers and web developers too."

"Pligg is an open source content management system available for download at no cost. Pligg is based on PHP/MySQL."

"Plume CMS is a versatile Content Management System in PHP on top of MySQL. If you are looking for a simple to use, yet powerfull content management system, you may have found what you are looking for. Plume CMS can be installed through a simple script on all major platforms available, give it a try ! It is so fast to install that you will ask all the scripts to have the same installation procedure. With a single installation of PLUME CMS you can have multiple websites, file management, multiple authors with different rights and websites in any languages thanks to a full utf-8 support. Plume CMS proposes a flexible plugin infrastructure to extend it and is fully accessible with output providing standard compliant code by default."

"Poor Man's CMS (Poormans) is a very basic CMS running as a swt application and generating static html pages. The word ’poor’ in Poor Man’s CMS stands for:
* Be ’poor’ on functionality.
* You don’t need any dynamic webspace. Because you can use a cheap static webspace, it’s for a poor man

The idea of Poormans was conceived some years ago. At this time, I was relaunching my website. Writing pure HTML took my attention away from writing content. I wouldn’t need any kind of editorial workflow, but the possibility to write content at an easy way and finally to export it to static HTML pages, which can be uploaded to a (static) web-space."

"Radiant is a no-fluff, open source content management system designed for small teams. Radiant features: an elegant user interface, flexible templating with layouts, snippets, page parts, and a custom tagging language, a first-class extension/plugin system and simple user management and permissions."

"SAPID is a tool for site creation and management. It is distinguished through Ajax-based site structure management interface and high flexibility of design, content and functionality integration. SAPID does not need DB (file-flat CMS). SAPID is inline CMS. It means that site documents are editable in a way “what you see is what you get” a document in delivery phase looks the same as in administrative phase. It uses XML standard for structure and content data storing. Data can be designed by means of HTML/XHTML, CSS, XSL or others. Site documents have friendly URLs."

"Silex is an open-source CMS for creating flash-based websites."

"Slashcode is the site for All Things Slash. Slash is the source code and database that was originally used to create Slashdot, and has now been released under the GNU General Public License. It is a bona fide Open Source / Free Software project. Use this site to get the Slash source, read the latest Slash news, and participate in Slash discussions. Slashcode is run by the good folks at OSTG, but like all good open source projects, depends on the community. Thanks for your continued support, and let us know what we can do to make the site better."

"Social Web CMS (SWCMS) is a mature, full-featured, and open source social news application written in PHP and utilizing a MySQL backend. From the web newbie looking for a simple way to enter the playing field to advanced developers hoping to drive social news to the next level, SWCMS is your best source for full, free, and actively developed social news applications."

"Spitfire is the new star in the sky of the open source Content Management Systems (cms). This system has a completely different approach than all other available systems on the free market. With Spitfire you take your changes directly in the Website and not as customary in a separate system. It captivates by its simple operation, easy systems' managebility and extreme flexibility. With Spitfire changing your Website goes to you so easily from the hand, as if you would have never made something else."

"Textpattern is a flexible, elegant and easy-to-use content management system. Textpattern is both free and open source. When it comes to publishing on the internet, beginners and experts alike are met with a bothersome paradox: word processors and graphics applications allow anyone to do a pretty good job of managing text and images on a personal computer, but to make these available to the worldwide web – a seemingly similar environment of documents and destinations – ease of use vanishes behind sudden requirements for multilingual programming skills, proficiency in computer-based graphic design, and, ultimately, the patience of a saint."

"TYPO3 is a free Open Source content management system for enterprise purposes on the web and in intranets. It offers full flexibility and extendability while featuring an accomplished set of ready-made interfaces, functions and modules."

Vanilla is an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible discussion forum for the web. Anyone who has web-space that meets the requirements can download and use Vanilla for free!"

"WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it."

"XOOPS is an extensible, OO (Object Oriented), easy to use dynamic web content management system written in PHP. XOOPS is the ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more."