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.
Damselfly
A server-based photograph management system for indexing and searching large image collections using metadata and AI.
Lyrion Music Server
Streaming audio server for Squeezebox and compatible players that manages local and internet music collections.
LMS
A self-hosted music streaming server that provides a web interface to access and organize music collections.
ClassroomIO
A self-hosted learning management system for corporate compliance, customer education, and partner certification programs.
Immich Kiosk
Configurable slideshows for displaying photo and video assets from Immich on browsers and digital devices.
Atomic Server
A lightweight headless CMS and graph database for creating, sharing, and modeling linked atomic data.
Slink
A self-hosted image sharing platform with granular access controls, nested tagging, and multiple storage provider options.
WinterCMS
A self-hosted content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework for rapid prototyping and development.
Accent
A developer oriented translation management tool for maintaining localizations in web and native applications.
Otter Wiki
A minimalistic wiki for collaborative content management using Python, Markdown, and Git for version control.
Youtarr
Automates downloading and organizing YouTube channel content with metadata support for various media server applications.
Bludit
A flat-file content management system for building websites and blogs without requiring a database installation.
Mylar3
Automated comic book downloader that monitors watchlists and manages cbr and cbz files via download clients.
MODX Revolution
A flexible PHP content management system and application framework for building custom websites and mobile APIs.
Gerbera
Stream digital media through a home network to various UPnP compatible devices and renderers.
moOde
A responsive web interface and operating system for high fidelity audio playback on Raspberry Pi devices.
HTMLy
A databaseless PHP blogging platform and flat-file content management system designed for simplicity and speed.
XWiki
A self-hosted wiki platform for structuring and sharing organizational knowledge through collaborative notes and internal documentation.
nefarious
Automatically discover and download movies and tv shows using integrated torrent search and management tools.
MyBB
A free and open source forum software for building and managing online community discussion boards.
Flyimg
Resizes, crops, and compresses images on the fly using a Dockerized service with efficient caching.
TYPO3
An enterprise content management framework for building and managing complex websites using a PHP based architecture.
CourseLit
A self hosted platform for building and selling online courses and digital downloads from a private website.
HomeGallery
Self-hosted web gallery for photos and videos with AI-powered face recognition and reverse image search.
Meelo
A self-hosted music server designed for collectors with a focus on metadata integration and browsing experiences.
Idno
A social publishing platform for creating blogs and connecting with others via decentralized web protocols.
Gossa
A lightweight web server for file management and multimedia streaming with a minimal web interface.
MyTube
Self-hosted video downloader and player for YouTube, Bilibili, Twitch, and other yt-dlp supported sites.
Gameyfin
Organize video game collections into a web-accessible library with automatic metadata and cover image indexing.
Backdrop
A full featured content management system for non technical users to manage diverse website content types.
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