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SilverStripe

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Easy to use CMS with powerful MVC framework underlying

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9.0
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Product Details

PricingOpen Source
API✅ REST
Learning CurveModerate
Integrations8 available

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PROS & CONS

STRENGTHS

  • Truly free and open-source with a strong, supportive community.
  • Excellent developer experience with a clean, extensible codebase.
  • Excellent separation of concerns: easy for content editors while powerful for developers.

WEAKNESSES

  • −Requires developer knowledge for setup and customization, less suitable for non-technical users.
  • −Smaller market share and community compared to giants like WordPress, resulting in fewer third-party themes/plugins.

KEY FEATURES

Customizable Data Model

Define custom page types and data objects via object-oriented code.

Model-View-Controller Framework

Full-featured PHP MVC framework for custom application development.

Intuitive Content Authoring

User-friendly admin interface with in-context editing and versioning.

Flexible MVC Framework

Full-featured PHP framework for custom application development.

WHO IS SilverStripe BEST FOR?

Government & non-profit organizations

Best for organizations needing a secure, accessible, and flexible open-source CMS to manage public-facing content and digital services.

Web developers & agencies

Ideal for developers building custom, data-driven websites and applications who require a powerful MVC framework alongside user-friendly content editing.

INTEGRATIONS

ComposerDockerGitPHPElasticsearchGoogle AnalyticsAWSMySQL

TECHNICAL DETAILS

LEARNING CURVE
MODERATE — FEW HOURS
API

✓ REST

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DOSSIER

LAST VERIFIED MAR 23, 2026
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Open Source

ALTERNATIVES

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INTEGRATIONS

ComposerDockerGitPHPElasticsearchGoogle AnalyticsAWSMySQL

PRICING MODEL

open source

BEST FOR

Government & non-profit organizations Web developers & agencies

FEATURES

Has API

FINAL ASSESSMENT

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