DotCMS

dotCMS
dotCMS
	Drag-and-drop content palette and visual editor in dotCMS
Developer	dotCMS LLC
Release	1 January 2009; 17 years ago
Stable release	23.10.24 / 2024-03-04[±]
Written in	Java, JavaScript, TypeScript
Operating system	Unix-like, Windows
Platform	Cross-platform
Available in	Multilingual
Type	Content management system
License	GPLv3 or later
Website	www.dotcms.com
Repository	github.com/dotCMS/core ;

dotCMS is a content management system (CMS) written in Java for creating, managing, and delivering content and content-driven sites, applications, and intranets.

Architecture

Java based
API Based Content Store
Headless CMS (API First CMS)
Offers Business Source License (BSL)
Elasticsearch for all Content and Documents - external as of 5.3.0
Cloud or On Premises
RESTful Content Searching and Access
Remote & Static Publishing
SOC 2 (Type II) and ISO 27001 Certified

Source Code

Source Code available on GitHub

dotCMS Products

dotCMS provides a Business Source License (BSL) of their content management system that is free to download and use. They also provide an Enterprise edition, which is a SaaS-based product, that you can purchase on an annual or monthly subscription.

dotCMS Key Features

Headless Content Management
Visual Page Building
Multi-tenant & Multi-site Management
Workflows & Approvals
Multilingual & Localization
A/B Testing & Experiments
Personalization
Content Analytics
dotAI (Artificial Intelligence)
dotEvergreen (automatic updates to the current version)

License

dotCMS is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or as a Commercial license

References

↑ Earliest tagged releases
↑ "Changelogs dotCMS". dotcms.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
↑ Licensing Options
↑ dotCMS. "dotCMS | The Leading Universal CMS". dotCMS. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
↑ dotCMS. "dotCMS | The Leading Universal CMS". dotCMS. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
↑ "ChangeLogs".
↑ Cloud Hosted CMS
↑ On premises CMS
1 2 dotCMS. "Headless CMS Full Feature List". dotCMS Content Management System. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
↑ "Headless Content Management". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "Visual Page Building". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "Multi-tenant & Multi-site Management". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "Workflows & Approvals". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "Multilingual & Localization". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "A/B Testing & Experiments". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "Personalization". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "dotCMS Features". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "dotAI". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ "dotEvergreen". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

External links

Official website

[1] Earliest tagged releases

[DotCMS_release-2] "Changelogs dotCMS". dotcms.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

[3] Licensing Options

[4] tCMS. "dotCMS | The Leading Universal CMS". dotCMS. Retrieved 2025-02-18.

[5] tCMS. "dotCMS | The Leading Universal CMS". dotCMS. Retrieved 2025-02-18.

[6] "ChangeLogs".

[7] Cloud Hosted CMS

[8] On premises CMS

[:0-9] 1 2 dotCMS. "Headless CMS Full Feature List". dotCMS Content Management System. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[10] "Headless Content Management". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[11] "Visual Page Building". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[12] "Multi-tenant & Multi-site Management". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[13] "Workflows & Approvals". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[14] "Multilingual & Localization". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[15] "A/B Testing & Experiments". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[16] "Personalization". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[17] "dotCMS Features". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[18] "dotAI". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[19] "dotEvergreen". dotCMS.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.