CMS Made Simplevsopen-compute
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| CMS Made Simple | open-compute | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 64/100 | 55/100 |
| Rank in category | #11 of 42 in Content Management | #3 of 7 in Serverless |
| GitHub stars | — | 2 402 |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +2 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 9 |
| Latest release | — | v0.3.0 · 10 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | No |
| License | GPL-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | — | Rust |
Which one should you pick?
CMS Made Simple scores 64/100 against 55/100 for open-compute, so it is the safer default.
open-compute ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CMS Made Simple.
open-compute is growing faster right now (+2 stars in 30 days).
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