Contento CMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Contento CMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Contento CMS's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Contento CMS | Free | Open source · free to use · self-hosted |
The facts
Each one read from Contento CMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The REST API has 135 endpoints, with public content delivery and bearer-token-authenticated management endpoints.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Editor
- Its writer-first editor uses Markdown and includes autosave, word count, reading time, cover images, SEO fields, and five publication statuses.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Import and export
- Contento supports importing WordPress WXR/XML and Markdown, and exporting JSON, Markdown, or HTML.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes Stripe-powered memberships and billing, plus automatic embeds for YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter/X, Spotify, SoundCloud, and CodePen.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The site presents Contento for traditional CMS publishing or for powering frontends such as Next.js, Astro, 11ty, and mobile apps through its headless API.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limits and setup
- The documentation lists a default maximum media upload size of 10 MB and says the API signing key must be set to a strong unique secret for production.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Multi-site
- One installation can run multiple sites with domain-based resolution and per-site themes and settings.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- JavaScript plugins run in a Jint sandbox, and the site lists an SEO analyzer, contact form, reading progress, and social sharing features.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Plugin sandbox
- The plugin documentation says server-side plugins lack file system, network, and process access and have timeout and memory limits.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Contento is an open-source content management system that can run as a traditional server-rendered CMS or as a headless JSON API.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The getting-started documentation requires .NET SDK 10.0 or later and PostgreSQL 14 or later; Redis and Node.js are optional prerequisites.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Listed security measures include BCrypt password hashing, CSRF protection, CSP headers, HTML sanitization, HMAC-signed API tokens, and audit logging.checked 12 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Support
- The site links to product documentation, an API reference, and GitHub; it does not state a support plan on the pages reviewed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Technical requirements
- The documentation requires .NET SDK 10 or later and PostgreSQL 14 or later; Redis 7.x is optional for caching.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Themes
- The CMS includes eight built-in themes and supports custom themes using CSS variables.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 24 Sep 2026
The company
- Team access
- The admin panel lists five roles: Owner, Admin, Editor, Author, and Viewer.checked 12 Oct 2026
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