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OpenELIS GlobalvsUmbraco CMS

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

OpenELIS GlobalUmbraco CMS
Score54/10071/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Healthcare#7 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars2785 278
Stars, last 30 days+0+21
Stable releases, 12 months827
Latest release3.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026release-13.16.4 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMPL-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaC

Which one should you pick?

Umbraco CMS scores 71/100 against 54/100 for OpenELIS Global, so it is the safer default.

Umbraco CMS ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for OpenELIS Global.

If you want the quickest setup, OpenELIS Global is easier to run; Umbraco CMS needs more configuration.

Umbraco CMS is growing faster right now (+21 stars in 30 days).

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