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CMS Made SimplevsSandstorm

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

CMS Made SimpleSandstorm
Score64/10065/100
Rank in category#11 of 42 in Content Management#1 of 5 in Web Hosting
GitHub stars—7 078
Stars, last 30 days—+1
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-2.0Other
Main language—JavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Sandstorm scores 65/100 against 64/100 for CMS Made Simple, so it is the safer default.

Sandstorm is growing faster right now (+1 stars in 30 days).

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