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Winter CMS vs Craft CMS: catalog facts
Winter CMS	Craft CMS
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with paid support available.	Freemium Paid editions, support plans and SLAs are available alongside community support.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Built on Laravel, familiar to PHP developers Plugin and theme marketplace	Content model is fully customisable rather than fixed Twig templates or headless use through GraphQL
Needs a PHP server and Composer to install Aimed more at developers and agencies than casual site owners	Needs a developer to build the front end Not open source
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
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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