Free Software for Self-Hosted
OpenCMS
OpenCMS is based on Java and XML technology that allows you to build highly customizable and interactive websites and portals. The open-source content management system includes a WYSIWYG editor and fully-featured Template Engine which is fully compliant with W3C standards.
Cockpit
Cockpit is a self-hosted headless and api-driven CMS. With Cockpit you can manage any structured content for your website, web app or mobile application. Cockpit's intuitive dashboard allow anyone to manage content without technical skills and is a perfect match for developers and teams looking to improve they content management situation. Cockpit allow you and your team to setup a content management system for static sites and JavaScript-based front-ends in no-time.
PhpSQLiteCMS
phpSQLiteCMS - a simple & lightweight CMS
MODX
MODX is a free, open source content management system and digital experience platform. The CMS gives you full control over your creative, editorial vision and the experience you deliver. MODX is written in the programming language PHP and supports both MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases. The CMS is openly developed and released under the GPL license, and allows contribution.
Joomla
Joomla is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP. The CMS is built entirely by volunteers from all over the world and has a strong community that provide educational resources, and extensions.
Ponzu CMS
Ponzu is a powerful, free and open-source HTTP server framework and CMS. It provides automatic, free, and secure HTTP/2 over TLS with Let's Encrypt, a useful CMS and scaffolding to generate content editors, and a fast HTTP API on which to build modern applications.
TinaCMS
Tina is an open-source site editing toolkit and headless CMS for React-based sites like Gatsby & Next.js
Storyblok
A headless & API-based CMS with an opt-in head and a visual editor. With Storyblok you can manage your content through an intuitive dashboard and access that data though the content delivery API, as nested JSON. Storyblok is an open-source software and can be used as such, but is also provided as a commercially hosted, cloud rendering service. As a front-end developer you can choose to work with any template engine, framework or system of your choice.
Fork CMS
Fork CMS is a free and open-source, easy to use content management system built with PHP and Symfony Components. The content management system features an intuitive administration panel that makes it easy to create and manage content for the web. Fork CMS also comes packed with apps that can be installed to extend the feature set of the content management system.
CushyCMS
CushyCMS is a FREE hosted content management system that's actually easy to use, fast to setup and doesn't require programming skills.