CrafterCMS
Content management platform for building digital experience applications, with a Java server and an authoring studio.
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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- 2026-10-23: links
craftercms.com/ - 2026-10-23: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms - 2026-10-23: links, Categories, Install with
github.com/craftersoftware/craftercms/blob/develop/README.md - 2026-10-23: Maintainer, Categories, License model
craftercms.com/products/crafter-community - 2026-10-23: Headquarters
craftercms.com/about - 2026-10-23: First release
search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=g:org.craftercms+AND+a:crafter-engine+AND+v:2.2.2&core=gav - 2026-10-23: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Admin interface, Content API, Runs as, Templating, Install with
craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/system-admin/installation.html - 2026-10-23: Multilingual
craftercms.com/docs/current/by-role/developer/common/localization.html - 2026-10-23: License
raw.githubusercontent.com/craftersoftware/craftercms/develop/LICENSE - 2026-10-23: Current major version
api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms/tags - 2026-10-23: Last release
api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms/commits/53f98a5a5d589222b5326ad172db9ff538050f43 - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/craftersoftware/craftercms/contributors