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Silverstripe CMS vs Drupal: catalog facts
Silverstripe CMS	Drupal
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 license.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
CMS and MVC application framework in one package Permissive BSD licence	Long-established open-source CMS Suited to complex, structured websites
Needs developer work to build custom sites Requires your own server to run	Needs a server and technical knowledge to run Steeper learning curve than simpler CMSs
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	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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