Open Source Content & Publishing Software
Content & Publishing software provides systems for managing, storing, and distributing digital media and text. These tools handle tasks such as organizing photo libraries, streaming video, and operating community forums or newsletters. This type of software serves independent creators and community managers who need to host their own knowledge bases and media servers. By using these apps, you avoid relying on external cloud services to store your images and articles. These tools ensure that your publishing workflow and subscriber lists remain on your own hardware.
This page lists 256 open source tools in the Content & Publishing category. The most popular are Immich, OpenCut and Jellyfin. Most use the MIT or AGPL-3.0 license, and 180 offer an official Docker image.
Overleaf
A real-time collaborative LaTeX editor for creating scientific documents and academic papers in a web browser.
Calibre-Web
Web application for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks stored in a valid Calibre database.
Audacity
A multi track audio editor and recorder for recording, editing, and mixing audio across multiple operating systems.
Koel
A personal music streaming server that transforms a local audio collection into a web-based listening experience.
Docs
A collaborative editor for writing and organizing knowledge through real-time editing and structured document hierarchies.
Flarum
A lightweight discussion platform for websites that provides a responsive interface and an extensible API for community management.
Scalar
Generates interactive API documentation and provides an offline first client for testing OpenAPI and Swagger specifications.
Apache Answer
A self-hosted Q&A platform for building community forums, help centers, and internal knowledge management systems for teams.
Apache Answer
A Q&A platform for teams to build community forums, help centers, and knowledge management systems.
LibreTranslate
A self-hosted machine translation API that operates offline to provide translation services with complete privacy control.
beets
Catalog and organize music collections by automatically improving metadata and tagging via MusicBrainz and Discogs.
PeerTube
A decentralized and federated video hosting platform for creating community owned instances without ads or tracking.
NodeBB
A forum software powered by Node.js that uses web sockets for real-time interactions and notifications.
Sonarr
Automates the monitoring, downloading, and organizing of television series episodes from Usenet and BitTorrent sources.
Shotcut
A cross platform video editor supporting 4K resolution and a wide range of multimedia formats and codecs.
Lemmy
A decentralized link aggregator and forum that connects independent communities through the ActivityPub protocol and fediverse.
Gollum
A git-based wiki system that provides a web interface for managing markup files in a repository.
MeTube
A self-hosted web interface for downloading video, audio, and captions from YouTube and other sites.
Radarr
Movie collection manager that monitors RSS feeds to automate the downloading and organizing of film libraries.
Easydict
Translate text and look up words on macOS using integrated dictionary services and OCR capabilities.
Audiobookshelf
Self-hosted server for managing and streaming audiobooks and podcasts with multi-user support and progress syncing.
TinaCMS
A Git based headless content management system providing a GraphQL API and visual editing for Markdown files.
Zettlr
A markdown editor and publication workbench designed for academic writing and zettelkasten knowledge management.
Darktable
Manage digital negatives and develop raw images using a non-destructive workflow with professional color management.
Stash
A self-hosted media organizer and server for managing and streaming diverse video and image collections.
Zeal
Browse and search API documentation offline using a local library of downloadable docsets for developers.
Fumadocs
A framework for building documentation websites using MDX and React with support for multiple web frameworks.
Toonflow-app
Convert stories and scripts into animated short dramas using an AI driven production pipeline.
Seerr
Manage media library requests through a centralized interface that integrates with various media servers and services.
Owncast
A self-hosted, decentralized live video streaming and chat server for single user broadcasting and audience engagement.
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