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Concrete CMS vs Winter CMS: catalog facts
Concrete CMSWinter CMS
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence, with paid support available.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Permissive MIT licence
  • Long-running project with legacy branches available
  • Built on Laravel, familiar to PHP developers
  • Plugin and theme marketplace
  • Needs a PHP server and Composer to install
  • Older concrete5 sites need upgrading to reach version 9
  • Needs a PHP server and Composer to install
  • Aimed more at developers and agencies than casual site owners
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT 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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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