# CrafterCMS

Content management platform for building digital experience applications, with a Java server and an authoring studio.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/craftercms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://craftercms.com
- repository: https://github.com/craftersoftware/craftercms
- docs: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/index.html
- x: https://twitter.com/crafter_cms
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@crafter-cms

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Crafter Software Corporation
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: cms, headless-cms
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: jvm 21
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest, graphql
- templating: freemarker
- i18n: yes, language-based localized content

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: Docker Compose

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 340
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 13
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://craftercms.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/craftersoftware/craftercms/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://craftercms.com/products/crafter-community (read 2026-10-23)
- hqCountry: https://craftercms.com/about (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=g:org.craftercms+AND+a:crafter-engine+AND+v:2.2.2&core=gav (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/craftersoftware/craftercms/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://craftercms.com/products/crafter-community (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/system-admin/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/system-admin/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/system-admin/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/system-admin/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/developer/common/localization.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/system-admin/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/system-admin/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/system-admin/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/craftersoftware/craftercms/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/craftersoftware/craftercms/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craftersoftware/craftercms/develop/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://craftercms.com/products/crafter-community (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms/commits/53f98a5a5d589222b5326ad172db9ff538050f43 (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

CrafterCMS is a headless, API-first content management platform with an authoring studio. It runs on the JVM with Git, and the install page covers Docker Compose, while the README also offers a pre-built binary archive and an AMI. The authoring interface is Crafter Studio. Templates are written in FreeMarker, and content is available through GraphQL and REST APIs. Published content reaches the delivery tier through a Git repository that the deployer monitors. The core system needs no external database; MongoDB is used only by two optional modules, Crafter Profile and Crafter Social.

## Worth knowing

CrafterCMS has a free community edition, an enterprise edition that is self-hosted or self-managed, and a fully managed cloud service. The docs mark SAML2 and LDAP authentication in Crafter Studio as enterprise-only features and call Crafter Profile and Crafter Social optional enterprise modules; the pages read do not list what else the enterprise edition adds.

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