# Alchemy CMS

Open source content management engine for Ruby on Rails, usable as a server-rendered or headless CMS.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/alchemy-cms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- home: https://alchemy-cms.com
- repository: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms
- docs: https://guides.alchemy-cms.com
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alchemy-cms.com
- mastodon: https://ruby.social/@alchemy_cms

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Blish GmbH
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 3.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: Rails application template (rails new -m), or adding the gem to an existing Rails app

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 905
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 134
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 88
- dependentPackages: 24

### Sources

- urls: https://alchemy-cms.com (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- adminUi: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms (read 2026-10-24)
- licenseModel: https://alchemy-cms.com (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://alchemy-cms.com (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/alchemy_cms.json (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/alchemy_cms.json (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/alchemy_cms.json (read 2026-10-24)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms (read 2026-10-24)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/contributors (read 2026-10-24)
- i18n: https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/alchemy_cms (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/alchemy_cms (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Alchemy CMS is an open source content management engine written for Ruby on Rails, so it runs inside a Rails application. A Rails application template installs it into a new project, or the gem is added to an existing Rails app. The README lists an admin interface with live preview, multiple languages and domains, and a RESTful API. The README says it can be hosted on any server that supports Ruby on Rails, a SQL database and ImageMagick.

Blish GmbH maintains it.

## Worth knowing

The homepage announces a Cloud hosting service as coming in 2026, with a waiting list. The open source engine is self-hosted and has the same licensing, code and features, according to the homepage.

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