dotCMS
Java content management system with an admin console, REST and GraphQL APIs and multi-site management, distributed as a Docker image and as a managed cloud service.
www.dotcms.comrepositorydocspricing
dotCMS is a content management system written in Java. It serves content through REST and GraphQL APIs and manages several sites and languages from one installation, with roles and permissions for the people who edit them. The quick start guide starts it from the standard Docker image. The requirements page lists PostgreSQL for the database, OpenSearch for search, and Redis or Valkey for cache and pub-sub, with Tomcat bundled in the standard stack.
The same software is offered as dotCMS Cloud, a hosted option that dotCMS runs for its customers, alongside the self-hosted image.
Worth knowing
The source is published under the Business Source License 1.1. The README says all features are free for organizations whose total finances are below a stated threshold. The license text sets a change date after which the code moves to the GPL v3.
The requirements page says the search server must move to a newer OpenSearch line from Q1 2027.
Sources
- 2026-10-23: links
dotcms.com/ - 2026-10-23: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/dotCMS/core - 2026-10-23: links, Install with, Admin interface
www.dotcms.com/docs/manage/installation-and-deployment/installation/quick-start-guide - 2026-10-23: Maintainer, Headquarters
dev.dotcms.com/docs/privacy-policy - 2026-10-23: links
www.dotcms.com/pricing - 2026-10-23: Categories
www.dotcms.com/ - 2026-10-23: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Databases
www.dotcms.com/docs/manage/installation-and-deployment/installation/requirements - 2026-10-23: Install with
www.dotcms.com/docs/manage/installation-and-deployment/docker/getting-started-with-dotcms-in-docker-containers - 2026-10-23: Runs as
www.dotcms.com/docs/manage/installation-and-deployment/docker/docker - 2026-10-23: License
raw.githubusercontent.com/dotCMS/core/main/LICENSE - 2026-10-23: License model, Content API, Multilingual
github.com/dotCMS/core/blob/main/README.md - 2026-10-23: First release, Last release
api.github.com/repos/dotCMS/core/releases - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/dotCMS/core/contributors?per_page=1