Best Open Source Content Management System (CMS) in 2026
Systems for creating and managing website content, enabling non-developers to publish and update pages easily.
The most popular pick this year is TinaCMS with 13,336 GitHub stars, but all 6 options below are worth considering depending on your needs.
6 open source content management system (cms) — ranked by GitHub stars. Browse all
TinaCMS
A fully open-source headless CMS with Git support, Markdown editing, and live visual preview for React-based sites.
Contentful
EmDash
A full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro and Cloudflare, reimagining WordPress with serverless, type-safe foundations.
WordPress
MediaCMS
Modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS built with Django and React for self-hosted video sharing.
YouTube
Hugy
A desktop GUI application for the Hugo static site generator, designed for content editors without command-line knowledge.
WollyCMS
Self-hosted, open-source headless CMS built specifically for Astro.js with a block-based page builder.
Contentful
Golocron
A plug-and-play blogging and wiki system for Go backends with Markdown support and live preview.
WordPressHow we rank these tools
Tools are ranked by GitHub stars as a proxy for community adoption and trust. Stars reflect how many developers found a project valuable enough to bookmark — a reasonable signal for quality in the open source world. We only list tools that are actively maintained and open source.
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