Welcome

CMS Garden for decision makers

You are wondering which CMS is the best – or the best suitable for you? Find all the relevant open source CMS in one place: compare and decide. Brought to you by the communities themselves - welcome to the Garden where all the plants grow peacefully side by side!

CMS Garden for CMS workers

Looking for cross-CMS exchange of insights, best practises, working groups? Or are you still undecided what technology to base your further career on? Get in touch with other open source community members, support our activities!

Participating Content Management Systems

Read in detail about the characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses of each free and open source CMS.

Upcoming dates

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CMS Consultation

Free online consulting on a regular basis

Online-Event

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TYPO3 Conference

Areal Böhler, Düsseldorf
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All-CMS meetup

Monthly open online meetup

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Magazine

Ramdomly picked articles from our magazine

Blog

Deciding on Open Source

About content managements systems, open source software, and the licenses

The introductory text to the CMS Gardener's Guide gives a brief overview over open source software and content management systems in general.

Stephan Luckow
Initiatives

WCAG 3.0 - a first look

What we are up to with the next version of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are being revised. We took a look at the status of version 3. There will be major changes.

Dennis Westphal
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Hands-on

Why Safety is King

What you should know about updates, system security, and data safety

Every software you work with – including your content management system – regularly receives updates. What many users forget: apart from new features concerning looks and technology they mostly make...

Sandra Kathe
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