No. 126of 165 ·Content Management Systems

BigTree CMS

Web · Self-hosted

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

BigTree CMS is ranked #126 of 165 in content management systems on Freedom251, made by BigTree CMS (Baltimore, Maryland, United States). It runs on Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

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BigTree CMS Free Open-source CMS; self-hosted installation bigtreecms.org · 11 Oct 2026

Compared on content management systems

Free plan: Yes
Platform type: self_hosted
Editorial workflows: Yes
Custom user roles: Yes
SEO tools: Yes
Media library: Yes
Custom content types: Yes

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The record

Product: BigTree is an extensible open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL.
Templates: BigTree uses standard PHP and HTML for content presentation, with no proprietary markup or templating language to learn.
Content scheduling: Users can schedule pages to publish in the future and set content to expire.
Editorial workflow: Users can be assigned editor or publisher roles, with editors’ changes requiring publisher approval before going live.
Content governance: Administrators can set content lifespans and receive automatic email alerts as content approaches its refresh age.
Media management: Image management includes control over storage locations and folder access, image sizing, cropping, thumbnails, and grayscale conversion.
Integrations: The features page lists integrations for social services, Disqus, Salesforce, payment gateways, geocoding providers, cloud storage, and Google Analytics.
Version history: BigTree automatically saves page revisions from the past month or the last 10 changes for pages changed less often; users can keep manually saved revisions indefinitely.
Support: The maker directs users to its discussion forum for questions and GitHub for specific bug reports or feature requests.
Hosting requirements: BigTree 4.6 and higher require PHP 8.1 or later and MySQL 5 or a compatible server such as MariaDB.
Web server support: The installation guide recommends Apache and says BigTree has also been tested on IIS 7 and 8.
Security options: During installation, administrators can choose to force admin logins through HTTPS if the site has an SSL certificate.
Who it serves: The maker describes BigTree’s user system as suitable for a single webmaster or large distributed teams.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Content Management Systems in 2026#126 of 165

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bigtreecms.org· checked 11 Oct 2026
bigtreecms.org/about/features/· checked 11 Oct 2026
bigtreecms.org/about/help/· checked 11 Oct 2026
bigtreecms.org/developers/dev-guide/installation/· checked 11 Oct 2026
bigtreecms.org/about/· checked 11 Oct 2026
bigtreecms.org/download/core/· checked 11 Oct 2026