# PublicCMS

Java content management system with a visual editor, static site generation and an admin interface.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/publiccms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.publiccms.com/en/
- repository: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Tianjin Black Core Technology Co., LTD.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: freemarker
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: static, server
- installMethod: docker

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: Free for individuals and paid for enterprises (V4.0, V5, V6), Commercial use requires authorization from the copyright holder, MIT (V1.0, V2016, V2017, V2019, V2021)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-10

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2093
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 10
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/sanluan/PublicCMS (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://www.publiccms.com/en/ (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/sanluan/PublicCMS (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- contentStore: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- adminUi: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://www.publiccms.com/en/ (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://www.publiccms.com/en/ (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://www.publiccms.com/en/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/V5/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/blob/V5/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/V5/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/sanluan/PublicCMS/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/sanluan/PublicCMS/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/sanluan/PublicCMS/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/sanluan/PublicCMS (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/sanluan/PublicCMS/contributors (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

PublicCMS is a content management system written in Java. The application runs as a Java process on MySQL: the project's instructions start the packaged web archive with `java -jar`, or run it in Docker, and the admin area is served under `/admin/`. The [homepage](https://www.publiccms.com/en/) says the site can be generated as static files.

## Worth knowing

The current license is not MIT. The license file is written in Chinese, and it limits non-commercial use to individual users and requires a commercial authorization from the copyright holder for commercial use. The homepage says enterprises and institutions pay to use the current editions. The older releases the README names are MIT-licensed, so a site built on one of them is under different terms from a site on a current release.

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