CrafterCMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about CrafterCMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From CrafterCMS's own pricing page, checked 24 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Community | — | Open-source GPL v3 release · Community support · Self-hosted download |
| Enterprise | — | Commercially supported release · Self-hosted or self-managed deployment · Enterprise features and support |
| Crafter Cloud | — | Fully managed SaaS · REST and GraphQL APIs · Managed infrastructure, monitoring and upgrades |
| CrafterCMS Community | Free | Community support · GPL v3 · self-hosted download · Free open-source release |
| CrafterCMS Enterprise | $5,472 a year | Commercial support · self-hosted or managed SaaS · enterprise features · Starting at $5,472.00 per year |
The facts
Each one read from CrafterCMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI capabilities
- The current platform advertises AI-assisted authoring, AI skills, Spring AI integration and MCP clients and servers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API types
- bothchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Architecture
- The platform separates authoring from delivery through decoupled subsystems.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Asset transformations
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Authoring
- Authors get browser-based in-context editing, drag-and-drop experience building and multi-channel preview.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CLI
- Crafter CLI authenticates to CrafterCMS and exercises its APIs from Linux, macOS or Windows command lines.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Content localization
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Content preview
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Content repository
- Content is stored in a Git-based distributed repository with versioning and branching.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Database requirement
- The core system runs without an external database; MongoDB is optional for Profile and Social modules.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Documentation is organized by architect, developer, author and system-administrator roles and includes module, API, security and installation references.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Groovy, Java, FreeMarker and a plugin framework can extend APIs, workflows, delivery behavior and authoring UI.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Frontend frameworks
- The platform is intended for React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, SPAs and other frontend frameworks.checked 15 Oct 2026
- GraphQL
- CrafterCMS generates a project-specific GraphQL schema from content models and updates it when models change.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent integration summary
- Software Advice describes integrations with Jenkins, Elasticsearch, Bitbucket, GitLab and GitHub.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Installation requirements
- CrafterCMS 4.6.1 requires Java 21, at least 8 GB JVM memory and Git 2.20.1 or newer; Docker is needed for Docker or macOS setups.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Elastic Stack, Stripe, GitLab, Bitbucket, Elastic Path, GitHub, Jenkins, commercetools and Shopify.checked 15 Oct 2026
- JavaScript SDK
- NPM packages cover content retrieval, models, Redux, search, utilities, in-context editing, Experience Builder and Studio UI extensions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Latest release
- CrafterCMS 4.6.1 community bundles were released on September 29, 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- The Community source code is released under GPL v3.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company identity
- The legal entity shown on the site is Crafter Software Corporation, headquartered at 7918 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists CrafterCMS as privately held, founded in 2013, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- McLean, Virginia, USAchecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
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