No. 85of 165 ·Content Management Systems

Papoo CMS

Web · Self-hosted

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.9

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

Papoo CMS is ranked #85 of 165 in content management systems on Freedom251. It runs on Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

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Papoo Community free CMS / Open Source CMS Free Free for private and commercial websites · requires a web server, PHP 7.4+, MySQL 5.5+, and at least 100 MB web space papoo.de · 5 Oct 2026

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The record

Product: Papoo is a content management system for building mobile-ready websites.
Open source license: The free community version is provided under the MIT Open Source License and may be adapted.
Templates: The download includes ready-made design templates, and the maker says users can customize existing layouts or create their own.
Content tools: The free download page lists a contact form, sitemap, news area, and menu management among its features.
SEO: The feature overview lists per-page metadata, canonical tags, 301 redirects, caching, image optimization, RSS, and customizable URLs.
Marketing tools: The feature overview lists a form manager, visitor lead tracker, exit intent, ratings, automated follow-up emails, keyword-specific AdWords landing pages, and a newsletter system.
Media library: The media manager supports images, files, and videos, including individual access and download rights and YouTube or Vimeo embeds.
Content management: The CMS supports multilingual content, a WYSIWYG editor, scheduling, configurable entry permissions, and an automatic sitemap.
Integrations: The feature overview lists built-in interfaces for Piwik and Google Analytics and says YouTube and Vimeo videos can be used with a click.
Security controls: The administration features include CAPTCHA spam protection, blacklist filtering, and logs of login attempts and sent emails.
Security update: A maker notice says versions before 21.03 were affected by a security vulnerability and instructs operators to install a patch or upgrade.
Support: The maker says direct support is for customers with an active support contract and directs other users to the support forum.
Documentation: The maker offers PDF documentation, online help, and a handbook for developing Papoo plugins; it describes the Papoo 6 core-system documentation as preliminary.
Repository limitation: The maker says its public GitHub repository corresponds to the Enterprise version without Papoo Shop, which is no longer being developed.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Content Management Systems in 2026#85 of 165

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Sources

papoo.de· checked 5 Oct 2026
papoo.de/free-cms-kostenloser-download.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
papoo.de/cms-10-gruende.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
papoo.de/achtung---sicherheitsfeature-bitte-akti· checked 5 Oct 2026
papoo.de/cms-dokumentation.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
papoo.de/papoo-open-source-cms-jetzt-auf-github.· checked 5 Oct 2026