DotCMS

dotCMS
Drag-and-drop content palette and visual editor in dotCMS
Developer(s)	dotCMS LLC
Initial release	1 January 2009;16 years ago (2009-01-01) [1]
Stable release	23.10.24 [2] / 2024-03-04 [±]
Repository	github.com/dotCMS/dotCMS
Written in	Java
Operating system	Unix-like, Windows
Platform	Cross-platform
Available in	Multilingual
Type	Content management system
License	GPLv3 or later [3]
Website	www.dotcms.com

dotCMS is a content management system (CMS) written in Java for creating, managing, and delivering content and content-driven sites, applications, and intranets. ^{[4] [5]}

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 ^[6]
• Cloud ^[7] or On Premises ^[8]
• 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. ^[9] They also provide an Enterprise edition, which is a SaaS-based product, that you can purchase on an annual or monthly subscription. ^[9]

dotCMS Key Features

• 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]
• Content Analytics ^[17]
• dotAI ^[18] (Artificial Intelligence)
• dotEvergreen ^[19] (automatic updates to the current version)

License

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

References

1. Earliest tagged releases
2. "Changelogs dotCMS". dotcms.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
3. Licensing Options
4. dotCMS. "dotCMS | The Leading Universal CMS". dotCMS. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
5. dotCMS. "dotCMS | The Leading Universal CMS". dotCMS. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
6. "ChangeLogs".
7. Cloud Hosted CMS
8. On premises CMS
9. dotCMS. "Headless CMS Full Feature List". dotCMS Content Management System. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
10. "Headless Content Management". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
11. "Visual Page Building". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
12. "Multi-tenant & Multi-site Management". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
13. "Workflows & Approvals". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
14. "Multilingual & Localization". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
15. "A/B Testing & Experiments". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
16. "Personalization". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
17. "dotCMS Features". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
18. "dotAI". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
19. "dotEvergreen". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

External links

• Official website