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Simplified Content Management: CMS tools simplify creating, editing, and organizing digital content like websites and blogs without needing coding skills.
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User-Friendly Interfaces: They offer user-friendly interfaces for content creation, allowing text, images, and media to be added and formatted easily.
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Customization and Themes: CMS platforms provide customizable themes and templates to personalize the design and layout of websites.
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Collaboration and Access Control: CMS enables collaboration by allowing multiple users to work on content together with controlled access levels.
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SEO and Multilingual Support: CMS tools help optimize content for search engines, and some offer multilingual capabilities to present content in various languages.
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WordPress: A widely used traditional CMS known for its user-friendliness and extensive plugin ecosystem. It's suitable for various website types, especially blogs and small to medium businesses.
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Strapi: A headless CMS that requires technical skills but offers high flexibility for creating content models and APIs. It's best suited for developers building decoupled applications.
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Docusaurus: Primarily designed for creating technical documentation, Docusaurus is a choice for projects and products that need organized documentation websites.
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Ghost: A blogging platform with a user-friendly interface, focused on bloggers and content creators. Its active community supports individual and organizational blogging needs.
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Drupal: A complex traditional CMS favored for its flexibility, especially for large and intricate websites. It's often used by enterprises for custom functionality.
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Umbraco: A user-friendly .NET-based CMS with customization options, suitable for .NET developers and businesses preferring Microsoft technologies.
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Hugo: A static site generator popular among developers for its speed and simplicity. It's ideal for static sites, blogs, and simple projects.
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Netlify CMS: Tailored for JAMstack architecture, Netlify CMS is user-friendly and integrates with Git workflows. It's great for JAMstack sites and simple content management tasks.
| CMS Tool | Type | Ease of Use | Flexibility | Community | License Type | User-Friendly | Non-Developer Usability |
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| WordPress | Traditional CMS | User-friendly | Highly customizable | Large and active | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes | Yes |
| Strapi | Headless CMS | Technical | Highly flexible | Growing | MIT | No | No |
| Docusaurus | Documentation Site | Technical | Documentation-focused | Developer-oriented | MIT | No | No |
| Ghost | Blogging Platform | User-friendly | Blog-focused | Active | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal | Traditional CMS | Complex | Highly flexible | Active, enterprise | GPL-2.0-or-later | No | No |
| Umbraco | .NET-based CMS | User-friendly | .NET customization | Smaller | MIT | Yes | No |
| Hugo | Static Site Generator | Technical | Simple, static content | Popular among devs | Apache-2.0 | Yes | Yes |
| Netlify CMS | JAMstack CMS | User-friendly | JAMstack integration | Popular in JAMstack | MIT | Yes | Yes |
Note: Currently, OpenInfraLabs also use Netlify CMS which is a very good choice for our use case.