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CMS Made Simple vs Textpattern: catalog facts
CMS Made Simple	Textpattern
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence, funded by donations.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Themes built from plain HTML and CSS with Smarty Modular with third-party modules and tags	Tag-based templates with clean HTML output Lean core extendable with plugins
Requires PHP hosting and some setup Smarty templating is a learning step for new designers	Requires PHP and MySQL hosting Smaller plugin and theme ecosystem than larger CMSes
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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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