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CMS Made Simplevstwinny

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

CMS Made Simpletwinny
Score64/10063/100
Rank in category#12 of 42 in Content Management#16 of 120 in AI Assistant
GitHub stars—3 685
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v4.0.20 · 22 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-2.0MIT
Main language—Typescript

Which one should you pick?

CMS Made Simple scores 64/100 against 63/100 for twinny, so it is the safer default.

twinny ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CMS Made Simple.

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