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CMS Made Simple vs SPIP: catalog facts
CMS Made Simple	SPIP
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence, funded by donations.	Free Free software under the GNU GPL.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Themes built from plain HTML and CSS with Smarty Modular with third-party modules and tags	Built for collaborative editing Strong multilingual support
Requires PHP hosting and some setup Smarty templating is a learning step for new designers	Community and documentation are mostly French-speaking Needs your own web server
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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