DotCMS

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title: "DotCMS" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["free-content-management-systems", "free-software-programmed-in-java", "free-software-programmed-in-javascript", "free-software-programmed-in-typescript"] description: "Open source content management system" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DotCMS" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Open source content management system ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox software"]

Field	Value
name	dotCMS
logo	DotCMS-logo.svg
screenshot	DotCMS_visual_editor.png
caption	Drag-and-drop content palette and visual editor in dotCMS
developer	dotCMS LLC
released
latest release version
latest release date
operating system	Unix-like, Windows
platform	Cross-platform
language	Multilingual
programming language	Java, JavaScript, TypeScript
genre	Content management system
license	GPLv3 or later
website
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| name = dotCMS | logo = DotCMS-logo.svg | screenshot = DotCMS_visual_editor.png | caption = Drag-and-drop content palette and visual editor in dotCMS | developer = dotCMS LLC | released = | discontinued = | latest release version = | latest release date = | operating system = Unix-like, Windows | platform = Cross-platform | language = Multilingual | programming language = Java, JavaScript, TypeScript | genre = Content management system | license = GPLv3 or later | alexa = | website =

dotCMS is a content management system (CMS) written in Java for creating, managing, and delivering content and content-driven sites, applications, and intranets.

Architecture

• Java based
• API Based Content Store
• Headless CMS (API First CMS)
• Offers Business Source License (BSL)
• Elasticsearch for all Content and Documents - external as of 5.3.0
• Cloud or On Premises
• RESTful Content Searching and Access
• Remote & Static Publishing
• SOC 2 (Type II) and ISO 27001 Certified

Source Code

• Source Code available on GitHub

dotCMS Products

dotCMS provides a Business Source License (BSL) of their content management system that is free to download and use. They also provide an Enterprise edition, which is a SaaS-based product, that you can purchase on an annual or monthly subscription.

dotCMS Key Features

• Headless Content Management
• Visual Page Building
• Multi-tenant & Multi-site Management
• Workflows & Approvals
• Multilingual & Localization
• A/B Testing & Experiments
• Personalization
• Content Analytics
• dotAI (Artificial Intelligence)
• dotEvergreen (automatic updates to the current version)

License

• dotCMS is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or as a Commercial license

References

References

1. [https://github.com/dotCMS/core/releases/tag/3.0 Earliest tagged releases]
2. [http://dotcms.com/products/java-cms/licensing/ Licensing Options]
3. dotCMS. "dotCMS {{!}} The Leading Universal CMS".
4. dotCMS. "dotCMS {{!}} The Leading Universal CMS".
5. "ChangeLogs".
6. [http://dotcms.com/cloud Cloud Hosted CMS]
7. [http://dotcms.com/download On premises CMS]
8. dotCMS. "Headless CMS Full Feature List".
9. "Headless Content Management".
10. "Visual Page Building".
11. "Multi-tenant & Multi-site Management".
12. "Workflows & Approvals".
13. "Multilingual & Localization".
14. "A/B Testing & Experiments".
15. "Personalization".
16. "dotCMS Features".
17. "dotAI".
18. "dotEvergreen".

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