Thunder CMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Thunder CMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Thunder CMS's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Thunder | Free | No fee for Thunder modules; premium services from industry partners may cost extra · Free of any licence or maintenance fee; unlimited use |
The facts
Each one read from Thunder CMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Commercial services
- Thunder's basic distribution is free, while publishers contract directly with industry partners for any premium functionality they choose to buy.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Extensibility
- Thunder can be extended with more than 2,500 Drupal community modules and can be themed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The feature page describes Facebook Instant Articles and Google AMP integrations, but says neither is available for Thunder 6 yet.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Thunder is designed for professional publishing, and publishers, industry partners, implementation partners, individuals, and the core team participate in its coalition.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Liability
- The FAQ says contributors generally cannot be held liable for bugs, crashes, or other software failures; individual service-level agreements may be negotiated for partner premium services.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Liveblog
- Thunder includes a liveblog feature for covering events in real time.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Media
- The media browser supports pictures, galleries, and videos, with drag-and-drop uploads, automatic cropping, and focal-point selection.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Thunder is a Drupal-based, web-based open-source CMS designed for professional publishers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Responsive interface
- The installation includes responsive frontend and backend themes and a device preview for smartphones and tablets.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- Editors can schedule articles for publication and removal, and set image expiry dates that replace expired images with a placeholder.checked 12 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Storytelling
- Editors can build articles from text, images, videos, and social media cards, reorder content by dragging and dropping, and preview the result.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project points users to its documentation and community channels, including Slack, for help.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2016checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Munich, Germanychecked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- License and cost
- Thunder is released under the GNU General Public License and has no license or maintenance fee.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Trial
- A cloud-based Thunder demo offers a free 30-day trial on a development plan and is operated on Microsoft Azure in Germany.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 23 Sep 2026
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