You have all heard about the more popular open source content management systems such as Joomla and Drupal. However, there are many more open source content management systems out there that are more than capable of accommodating the needs of your website. In fact, some of the less popular CMSs actually provide features that cannot be found in the standard CMS. Not all CMS live up to their developer’s hype though, so we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of the top 20 open source content management systems.
1. Drupal: One of the most popular and powerful content management systems available. Many believe Drupal is the best.
2. WordPress: While this CMS was originally made for blog publishing, it has quickly become a one of the most popular CMSs on the planet.
3. Joomla: Considered to be in the top three of any CMS list, by any CMS user. Joomla has been used to build many corporate and professional websites, such as the United Nations page.
4. b2Evolution: A fully functional weblog creation utility/CMS that provides support for several categories/sub-categories, skins, multiple blogs, comments, statistics, photo management, and anti-spam filters.
5. Movable Type: Similar to WordPress, Movable Type is also a very capable blog creation utility which is commonly used for creating dynamic sites.
6.Alfresco: A very capable professional CMS providing a variety of document management features.
7. Xoops: This expandable object-oriented CMS is extremely simple to use, and is very popular amongst PHP coders.
8. e107: Another popular PHP-based CMS specifically designed simple and fast creation of community portals and professional sites.
9. DotCMS: A Java wCMS (Web Content Management System) with included events management e-communications, and personalization/CRM tools, an AJAX calendar, eCommerce hooks and much more.
10. ImpressCMS: An open source CMS designed for efficient site building and maintenance. This CMS is supposed to be an excellent solution for business users who are building a business oriented community website.
11. Exponent: A competent CMS that lets webmaster conveniently create and maintain dynamic sites with absolutely zero coding experience.
12. KnowledgeTree Document Management System: A comprehensive document management system specifically designed for business collaboration and easy document storage and organization.
13. Liferay: This CMS provides an enterprise portal solution using Web 2.0 and Java technologies.
14. Pivot: A CMS utility designed for the management of dynamic websites, blogs and online journals. Includes a variety of post organization features.
15. Magnolia: Commonly used by Government websites, this CMS provides a user-friendly editing interface that lets authors preview content exactly as it would be seen by the website visitor. This CMS has the top of the line (best-breed) JAVA technology.
Conclusion
The above list is by no means a comprehensive one, however. There are many more open source CMS available, and the only way to make a fully informed decision would be to review every CMS you can find. If you;re not willing to do so, then the above list will help you decide which CMS is right for you based on the key features of each CMS listed.
