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RomMvsWinter CMS

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

RomMWinter CMS
Score81/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Emulation#16 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars14 1341 522
Stars, last 30 days+978+2
Stable releases, 12 months107
Latest release5.4.1 · 22 Oct 2026v1.2.14 · 19 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

RomM scores 81/100 against 62/100 for Winter CMS, so it is the safer default.

RomM ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Winter CMS.

RomM is growing faster right now (+978 stars in 30 days).

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