List of free and open source CMSs(Content Management Systems) written in PHP.
Name
Category
Supported databases
Comments
Ariadne
Portal
Oracle, PostgreSQL
Arti Velocity 3
Portal
MySQL
b2evolution
Blog
MySQL
BlogCMS
Blog
MySQL
Categorizator
Directory
MySQL
C-Arbre
Documentation
MySQL with extension
Caravel CMS
Portal
OpenLDAP and PostgreSQL
Chlorine Boards
Portal
MySQL / MSSQL / PostgreSQL / DB2 / Access
Chrono-Site
Portal
MySQL
Cwiab
Portal
ADOdb
CMSimple
Portal
One unique HTML file
CMS Made Simple
Portal
MySQL
Coppermine
Image gallery
MySQL
CuteNews
News
Flat text files
DBHcms
MySQL
DotClear
Blog
MySQL
DokuWiki
Wiki
Flat text files.
Drigg
Digg-like
MySQL
Plug-in for Drupal. Very slow.
Drupal
Portal
MySQL or PostgreSQL
Popular CMS
e107
Portal
MySQL
eGroupWare
Groupware
ADOdb
Exponent
MySQL or PostgreSQL
eZ publish
MySQL or PostgreSQL or Oracle
Freeglobes
Directory
MySQL
Geeklog
Blog
MySQL
GuppY
Portal
Flat text files
IntraLibre
Intranet
MySQL
Itseasy
Portal
Flat text files
Jaws
Dynamic
MySQL or PostgreSQL
Joomla!
Portal
MySQL
Popular CMS, fork of Mambo.
Kwiki
Wiki
Lemon CMS
Portal
Flat text files.
Lodel
Portal
MySQL
Lyceum
Blog
MySQL
Mambo
Portal
MySQL
MediaWiki
Wiki
MySQL
Midgard CMS
Portal
MySQL
MODx CMS
Portal
MySQL
NitroTech
Groupware
MySQL
NPDS
Portal
MySQL
Nucleus CMS
Blog
MySQL
OpenPHPNuke
Portal
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
phpBB
Forum
Forum CMS with a lot of themes and mods.
Phortail
Portal
Flat text files
PHP Director
Videos
MySQL
Gallery of videos from Youtube or Dailymotion.
PHP-Fusion
Portal
MySQL
PHPMotion
Video sharing
MySQL
Youtube-like CMS
PHP-Nuke
Portal
MySQL
Phpdug
Digg-like
MySQL
PHPList
News
MySQL
PhpMyFaq
FAQ
phpWCMS
Portal
MySQL
phpWebSite
Portal
MySQL or PostgreSQL
phpCMS
Portal
Flat text files
PhpWiki
Wiki
Flat text files, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and more
Pivot
Portal
Flat text files, XML
Pligg
Digg-like
MySQL
News with score, still beta.
PmWiki
Wiki
Flat text files
PortalPHP
Portal
MySQL
PostNuke
Portal
MySQL
PunBB
Forum
MySQL
Lightweight but complete forum, perfect besides a portal.
PuzzleApps
Web app.
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MSSQL
SMF
Forum
MySQL
SNews
Blog
MySQL
Blog added to a portal website.
Spip
Templates
MySQL
Templeet
Portal
XML, MySQL and other BDs.
Textpattern
Portal
MySQL
TikiWiki
Blog-Wiki
ADOdb
Typo3
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
Wikini
Blog-Wiki
MySQL
Wordpress
Blog
MySQL
Very popular and extensible blog CMS.
Xaraya
Portal
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, ADOdb, SQL Server
YACS
Wiki and more
MySQL
Xoops
Portal
MySQL
Popular modular CMS.
Categories
Blog: Online diary.
Blog-Wiki: (Or bliki) Blog with user contributing.
Digg-like. Allows to contribute with news and to mark news.
FAQ: Manager for questions from users and answers from the webmaster.
Groupware: Collaborative website.
Hub-Blog. Server of blogs.
Portal: Common website, may be extended with a FAQ manager, un forum, etc.
Templates: Static CMS, pages are defined by codes.
Videos. Displays and manage videos.
Web app: Web application, extended CMS.
Wiki: Allows user to contribute.
How to choose a CMS?
Content Management System. An overview.
Open Source CMS. Comparing CMS, comments from users.
A review of open source content management systems.
CMS Matrix. Comparing two or more CMS.
Wiki Matrix. Comparing wiki CMS.
Forum Matrix. Comparing forum CMS.
Midgard. Framework for building CMS.
Smarty. Template engine. Hosted on the PHP website.