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MODX Revolution vs Contao: catalog facts
MODX Revolution	Contao
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL-3.0 license.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Full control over HTML output and design Supports multi-language and multi-domain sites	Multiple sites and languages in one installation Four years of support for LTS versions
Requires PHP hosting and some setup Smaller community than the largest PHP CMSes	Smaller international community than the largest CMSs Requires a PHP server to host
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: LGPL-3.0
No account 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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