Open Source Content & Publishing Tools

A curated collection of the best free and open source software for producing and publishing content, from the editor a writer uses to the system that serves the result.

Immich

A self-hosted photo and video backup service with mobile apps, facial recognition and search across metadata, objects and faces.

Alternative to:

Apple iCloud Photos

Self-hosted photo and video backup for your own server

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117,439
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7,377
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16 hours ago

Strapi

A self-hosted headless CMS that turns visually defined content models into REST and GraphQL APIs for any frontend or device.

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Contentful

Headless CMS with REST and GraphQL APIs out of the box

Stars
73,387

Payload

Next.js native headless CMS that installs into an existing app folder, giving developers a TypeScript backend and an extensible React admin.

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Contentful

Headless CMS for developers, built with Node.js

Stars
45,546

Discourse

Open source community platform for forums, real-time chat and discussion, aimed at organizations that want to run their own site.

Alternative to:

Invision Community

Cultivate vibrant online communities with ease

Stars
48,022

Outline

Team knowledge base built with React and Node.js, for groups that want a fast wiki they can host themselves.

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Notion

Fast, collaborative wiki for teams who need organized docs

Stars
41,088

Directus

A backend that wraps any SQL database with instant REST and GraphQL APIs plus a visual studio for non-technical teammates.

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Contentful

Open-source data platform for effortless content management

Stars
38,668

Ente

End-to-end encrypted cloud platform behind photo, document and two-factor apps, for anyone who would rather not trust a provider.

Alternative to:

Apple iCloud Photos

Secure, private photo storage and sharing solution

Stars
29,685

WordPress

Semantic personal publishing platform that installs on ordinary PHP and MySQL hosting and extends through a documented plugin API.

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Webflow

Create, customize, and manage your website with ease

Stars
21,508

Docmost

An open source collaborative wiki and documentation app for teams that want spaces, permissions and real-time editing on their own servers.

Alternative to:

Notion

Self-hosted wiki with AI, compliance, and real-time editing

Stars
22,120

Docs

Collaborative text editor for teams writing and organizing knowledge together, built by the French and German public administrations.

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Notion

Create, edit and share documents with real-time collaboration

Stars
16,952

LibreTranslate

Self-hosted machine translation API that runs entirely on your own hardware, with no dependency on Google or Azure.

Alternative to:

Taia

Free offline machine translation API you can host yourself

Stars
17,209

Scalar

Toolkit that renders OpenAPI documents as an interactive API reference and pairs it with an offline-first API client.

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Postman

Open-source API documentation and testing platform

Stars
16,330

Apache Answer

Q&A platform for teams of any size, whether the goal is a community forum, help center or knowledge base.

Alternative to:

Stack Overflow for Teams

Open-source Q&A platform for knowledge sharing

Stars
15,701

Flarum

Lightweight forum software for a website, aimed at communities that want discussion without the weight of a traditional platform.

Alternative to:

Invision Community

Modern forum software for vibrant online communities

Stars
16,433

Fumadocs

A documentation framework for React frameworks and Astro that supplies content, navigation, search and API reference as composable pieces.

Alternative to:

GitBook

Build beautiful documentation sites with Next.js

Stars
13,489

Gumroad

The source of Gumroad's web application, a Rails e-commerce platform where creators sell digital products directly to buyers.

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Shopify

Your all-in-one marketplace for digital creators and products

Stars
10,038

TinaCMS

A Git-backed headless CMS with a GraphQL API and optional live preview, for developers whose content lives in Markdown.

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Contentful

Visual editing for your Git-based content

Stars
13,849

KeystoneJS

Headless CMS and Node.js app framework that turns a schema you describe into a GraphQL API and admin UI.

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Contentful

Flexible, scalable Node.js CMS and app framework

Stars
9,981

Builder

Visual editing for existing sites and apps, turning Figma files and your own components into code teams can publish.

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Contentful

Visual development platform for modern web experiences

Stars
8,875

Weblate

Web based continuous localization used by thousands of libre projects and companies translating software across many languages.

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Crowdin

Continuous web-based localization for global reach

Stars
6,137

Webiny

A self-hosted content platform for AWS serverless, aimed at development teams that need multi-tenancy and code-level extension rather than configuration.

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Contentful

Open-source serverless CMS for modern web projects

Stars
8,049

Lingo.dev

Localization tooling for developers, translating strings and content files through a CLI, CI pipelines, an MCP server or a compiler.

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Crowdin

Automated translations that scale with your code and commits

Stars
5,400

Statamic

Flat-first CMS for Laravel applications, storing content in files that live in Git rather than rows in a database.

Alternative to:

Contentful

Craft flexible, powerful websites with ease

Stars
4,910

Drupal

Content management platform for sites of any size, from a personal weblog to a large community-driven site, extended by thousands of free modules.

Alternative to:

Contentful

Build powerful websites with the open-source CMS

Stars
4,297

Lychee

Self-hosted photo management for people who want their own gallery on their own server, with uploading, organizing and sharing built in.

Alternative to:

Apple iCloud Photos

Self-hosted photo management with full control

Stars
4,315

Tolgee

Localization platform where developers edit translations in context inside the running app, with screenshots, translation memory and machine translation.

Alternative to:

Crowdin

Open-source localization platform for multilingual apps

Stars
4,142

Twill CMS

Laravel package for developers who need a custom CMS admin quickly without giving up control of their data models or their front end.

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Contentful

Craft flexible, beautiful digital experiences with ease

Stars
3,970

Craft CMS

Self-hosted PHP content management system for building custom sites with a clean content model, Twig templates and a generated GraphQL API.

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Contentful

Flexible CMS for custom digital experiences

Stars
3,620

Piwigo

Photo gallery software for the web, designed for organizations, teams and individuals managing a large library on their own server.

Alternative to:

Apple iCloud Photos

Organize thousands of photos with ease

Stars
3,871

LearnHouse

A self-hosted course platform for teachers and training teams, covering authoring, assignments, discussion and certificates in a single instance.

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Kajabi

Create, sell, and manage online courses with full control

Stars
2,427

Firecamp

A multi-protocol API client for Rest, GraphQL, WebSocket and Socket.IO, built for teams that design, test and share collections.

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Postman

Unified API development ecosystem for modern teams

Stars
2,617

ClassroomIO

Run compliance training, customer education, and partner certification cohorts from one open source learning management system, self-hosted or hosted.

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Kajabi

Build your custom learning academy in minutes

Stars
1,733

Languine

Languine is a self-hosted AI localization service you deploy to your own Vercel account and drive from a CLI or GitHub Action.

Alternative to:

Crowdin

Automated localization for modern development teams

Stars
2,032

Vrite

A collaborative content platform for technical teams writing product documentation, developer blogs, and knowledge bases, with an API for delivering to any frontend.

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Contentful

Collaborative content creation for technical teams

Stars
2,004

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Open Source Content & Publishing Tools

A curated collection of the best free and open source software for producing and publishing content, from the editor a writer uses to the system that serves the result.

Immich

Strapi

Payload

Discourse

Outline

Directus

Ente

WordPress

Docmost

Docs

LibreTranslate

Scalar

Apache Answer

Flarum

Fumadocs

Gumroad

TinaCMS

KeystoneJS

Builder

Weblate

Webiny

Lingo.dev

Statamic

Drupal

Lychee

Tolgee

Twill CMS

Craft CMS

Piwigo

LearnHouse

Firecamp

ClassroomIO

Languine

Vrite

Immich

Strapi

Payload

Discourse

Outline

Directus

Ente

WordPress

Docmost

Docs

LibreTranslate

Scalar

Apache Answer

Flarum

Fumadocs

Gumroad

TinaCMS

KeystoneJS

Builder

Weblate

Webiny

Lingo.dev

Statamic

Drupal

Lychee

Tolgee

Twill CMS

Craft CMS

Piwigo

LearnHouse

Firecamp

ClassroomIO

Languine

Vrite

Ghost