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CMS Made Simple vs Concrete CMS: catalog facts
CMS Made Simple	Concrete CMS
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence, funded by donations.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Themes built from plain HTML and CSS with Smarty Modular with third-party modules and tags	Permissive MIT licence Long-running project with legacy branches available
Requires PHP hosting and some setup Smarty templating is a learning step for new designers	Needs a PHP server and Composer to install Older concrete5 sites need upgrading to reach version 9
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
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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