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CouchCMS

A simple, lightweight, and open-source CMS for web designers.

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CouchCMS is an open-source content management system that adds CMS functionality to existing static websites. Designers can insert Couch tags into their HTML templates to make content editable, without writing PHP, while the original markup remains unchanged. The admin panel starts empty and can be populated with only the elements clients need to edit.

Features include relations between content, saving form submissions to a database, custom routes, and an admin panel configured per project. CouchCMS is distributed under the CPAL-1.0 open-source license, which permits free use, modification, and commercial use with attribution requirements. A separate commercial license is available for removing the attribution hyperlink, white-labeling the admin panel, and receiving a period of premium support. There is a single version of the CMS; the commercial license does not add features.

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