OpenCms - Professional Content Management

Easy to Use, Open Source, Reliable

OpenCms from Alkacon Software is an enterprise-ready open source web content management system (CMS) based on Java and XML. OpenCms is platform independent - Runs on: Windows, Linux, Unix, Solaris, Mac OS. OpenCms supports all top databases: MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQL. OpenCms works with the most popular Application Servers: Tomcat, JBoss, BEA, Websphere, Glassfish and Resin Professional. OpenCms has a browser based GUI, compatible with all top browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera. Download OpenCms, the open source enterprise level website content management system, for free.

OpenCms from is a professional, easy to use website content management system. OpenCms helps content managers worldwide to create and maintain beautiful websites fast and efficiently.

The fully browser based user interface features configurable editors for structured content with well defined fields. Alternatively, content can be created using an integrated WYSIWYG editor similar to well known office applications. A sophisticated template engine enforces a site-wide corporate layout and W3C standard compliance for all content.

OpenCms is based on Java and XML technology. It can be deployed in an open source environment (e.g. Linux, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL) as well as on commercial components (e.g.  Windows NT, IIS, BEA Weblogic, Oracle).

As true open source software, OpenCms is free of licensing costs.

OpenCms Headlines

  • OpenCms 11.0.1 available

    OpenCms 11.0.1 OpenCms 11.0.1 is a maintenance release for OpenCms 11. This version fixes a number of issues that have been detected in OpenCms 11. Also included are some new features and security enhancements. more...

  • OpenCms 11 available

    OpenCms 11.0.0 OpenCms 11 brings a major update for the workplace. All workplace apps have been replaced with modernized versions. OpenCms 11 also features improvements for template generation, in the editors and for remote management. Moreover, this release is compatible with Java 11 and comes with the new "Mercury" default template. more...

  • Alkacon OCEE 5.5 for OpenCms 10.5 available

    Alkacon OpenCms Enterprise Extensions / OCEE OCEE 5.5.0 supports OpenCms 10.5.0 and brings seveal improvements to the LDAP Connector. It also adds more shell commands for remote cluster administration, and fixes some issues. Updated OCEE packages for 10.0, 9.x and 8.x based OpenCms installations are also available. more...

  • OpenCms Docker image

    OpenCms and Docker Test OpenCms using the official image from the Docker hub registry - the fastest way to evaluate and test OpenCms. The image is well suited for evaluation and test purposes of the latest OpenCms release. We provide a docker-compose file to get OpenCms and the database running with just one command. more...