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CMS Made SimplevsInfisical

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

CMS Made SimpleInfisical
Score64/10078/100
Rank in category#12 of 42 in Content Management#1 of 12 in Secrets Management
GitHub stars—30 129
Stars, last 30 days—+713
Stable releases, 12 months079
Latest release—v0.167.4 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-2.0Other
Main language—Typescript

Which one should you pick?

Infisical scores 78/100 against 64/100 for CMS Made Simple, so it is the safer default.

Infisical ships more often: 79 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CMS Made Simple.

If you want the quickest setup, CMS Made Simple is easier to run; Infisical needs more configuration.

Infisical is growing faster right now (+713 stars in 30 days).

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