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CMS Made SimplevsUmlautAdaptarr

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

CMS Made SimpleUmlautAdaptarr
Score64/10040/100
Rank in category#12 of 42 in Content Management#120 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars—309
Stars, last 30 days—+0
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.7.6 · 5 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-2.0—
Main language—C

Which one should you pick?

CMS Made Simple scores 64/100 against 40/100 for UmlautAdaptarr, so it is the safer default.

UmlautAdaptarr ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CMS Made Simple.

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