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CMS Made SimplevsVeridrop

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

CMS Made SimpleVeridrop
Score64/10045/100
Rank in category#11 of 42 in Content Management#9 of 13 in API
GitHub stars—692
Stars, last 30 days—+0
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v0.1.0 · 15 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main language—Python

Which one should you pick?

CMS Made Simple scores 64/100 against 45/100 for Veridrop, so it is the safer default.

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

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