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Silverstripe CMS vs Winter CMS: catalog facts
Silverstripe CMS	Winter CMS
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with paid support available.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
CMS and MVC application framework in one package Permissive BSD licence	Built on Laravel, familiar to PHP developers Plugin and theme marketplace
Needs developer work to build custom sites Requires your own server to run	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: BSD-3-Clause	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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