{"category":{"slug":"open-source-cms","label":"Open-source content management systems"},"methodology_url":"https://www.orbator.io/ai-index/methodology","license":"Free to use with attribution to orbator.io","date":"2026-08-16","engine":null,"available_dates":["2026-09-06","2026-09-05","2026-08-16","2026-08-15","2026-08-09","2026-08-08","2026-08-07","2026-07-29","2026-07-26","2026-07-25","2026-07-22","2026-07-21","2026-07-02","2026-07-01","2026-06-23","2026-06-17","2026-06-16"],"policy":{"quotable_engines":["anthropic","openai","gemini"],"max_excerpt_chars":400,"full_text_public":false,"customer_runs_public":false,"full_text_retention":"retained at least 24 months, then operator review","notes":["Only Index category runs are archived publicly — customer scans never appear.","The quotable unit is a short excerpt of at most 400 characters, never the full answer.","Engines outside the verbatim allowlist are recorded as having answered, with the excerpt withheld under their terms.","Prompt intent is published; the prompt text itself is not."]},"status":"ok","count":7,"limit":50,"truncated":false,"engines":[{"engine":"anthropic","count":7,"withheld":false,"answers":[{"engine":"anthropic","answered_on":"2026-08-16","prompt_intent":"best_in_category","excerpt":"Here's a breakdown of the strongest open-source options for a marketing team that wants real design freedom — not just handed-down developer templates.\n\n## 1. WordPress (with a builder like Elementor/Bricks)\nStill the default answer for a reason. WordPress maintains its position as the most widely used CMS, powering 42.8% of all websites globally and commanding 60% of the CMS market share. Pair it","excerpt_withheld":false,"withheld_reason":null,"highlights":[{"start":159,"end":168,"name":"WordPress"},{"start":190,"end":199,"name":"Elementor"},{"start":247,"end":256,"name":"WordPress"}]},{"engine":"anthropic","answered_on":"2026-08-16","prompt_intent":"best_in_category","excerpt":"For a developer building a headless site with a modern frontend (Next.js, Astro, SvelteKit, etc.), the self-hosted landscape in 2026 really comes down to three mature options: **Payload**, **Strapi**, and **Directus**. 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Here's a breakdown of why, along with alternatives worth considering:\n\n## WordPress — The Top Choice\n\n**Why it wins:**\n- **Largest plugin ecosystem by far** — tens of thousands of plugins in the official repository al","excerpt_withheld":false,"withheld_reason":null,"highlights":[{"start":83,"end":92,"name":"WordPress"},{"start":257,"end":266,"name":"WordPress"}]},{"engine":"anthropic","answered_on":"2026-08-16","prompt_intent":"recommendation","excerpt":"## Best Self-Hosted CMS Options for a Multilingual News Site\n\nHere's a breakdown of the top contenders, based on how well they handle multilingual content natively, plus what to expect in terms of complexity:\n\n### 1. **Drupal** — Best for scale, security, and native multilingual architecture\nDrupal comes with extensive multilingual capabilities without the need for additional functionality, and of","excerpt_withheld":false,"withheld_reason":null,"highlights":[{"start":219,"end":225,"name":"Drupal"},{"start":293,"end":299,"name":"Drupal"}]},{"engine":"anthropic","answered_on":"2026-08-16","prompt_intent":"alternatives","excerpt":"## Open-Source CMS Alternatives to Escape Vendor Lock-In\n\nIf you're trying to avoid the pricing traps and data-portability headaches of hosted platforms like Contentful, Sanity, or WordPress.com, there's now a mature ecosystem of self-hostable open-source options. 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