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CMS Made SimplevsShiny Server

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

CMS Made SimpleShiny Server
Score64/10057/100
Rank in category#12 of 42 in Content Management#2 of 20 in Application Management
GitHub stars—763
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-2.0Other
Main language—JavaScript

Which one should you pick?

CMS Made Simple scores 64/100 against 57/100 for Shiny Server, so it is the safer default.

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

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