# CMSimple_XH

Flat-file content management system that stores its data in files and needs no database.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cmsimple-xh/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/
- repository: https://github.com/cmsimple-xh/cmsimple-xh
- docs: https://wiki.cmsimple-xh.org/
- plugins: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/?Plugin-Repository
- forum: https://cmsimpleforum.com/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: unknown
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: javascript
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.4
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: upload files by FTP

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-12-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 37
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 12
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/cmsimple-xh/cmsimple-xh (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/?About-CMSimple_XH/Requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/?Legal-Notice (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/cmsimple-xh/cmsimple-xh (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/?About-CMSimple_XH/Requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/?About-CMSimple_XH/Requirements (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- adminUi: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/?About-CMSimple_XH/Technical (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/cmsimple-xh/cmsimple-xh/releases/tag/1.8.0 (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/cmsimple-xh/cmsimple-xh/releases/tag/1.8.0 (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/?About-CMSimple_XH/ChangeLog (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/cmsimple-xh/cmsimple-xh (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://github.com/cmsimple-xh/cmsimple-xh (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/ (read 2026-10-20)

## Notes

CMSimple_XH keeps pages and settings as files on the server and needs no database, so installing it means copying its files to a PHP web server over FTP. Editors change the site in the browser in admin mode, and plugins from the project's plugin repository add features. A team of several members maintains it. The project's [history page](https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/?The-XH-Story) describes the classic CMSimple by Peter Harteg and says a group of CMSimple enthusiasts began CMSimple_XH in 2009.

## Worth knowing

The project's [site](https://www.cmsimple-xh.org/) states the license as GPL3, and GitHub reports none for the repository.

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