Winter CMS
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Winter CMS, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Winter CMS's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Winter CMS | Free | Free, open-source CMS; MIT license |
The facts
Each one read from Winter CMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access control
- Administrators can control user access with permissions, groups, and roles.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API use
- Winter CMS can be used as a REST or GraphQL API provider.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Custom content types
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Custom user roles
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Extensions
- Plugins can add functionality, and themes can extend a project’s presentation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Foundation
- Winter CMS is built on the Laravel PHP framework.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Frontend frameworks
- Custom themes can use CSS and JavaScript frameworks including Tailwind, Bootstrap, Vue, and React.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integration compatibility
- The site says October CMS plugins work with Winter CMS, though changes since the fork may cause slight functionality differences.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Marketplace status
- The official Winter CMS Marketplace is described as in development; Composer is recommended for installing plugins and themes in the meantime.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Media manager
- The built-in media manager supports images, videos, and documents, with image resizing and cropping.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Page editing
- Clients can use a visual editor and editable page sections and fields to update site content.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Winter CMS is a content management system for building websites and applications, from brochure sites to large commercial and enterprise applications.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The project describes its source code as fully accessible and transparent and says it takes prompt action on issues.checked 12 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to GitHub Discussions for help, GitHub issues for bugs, Discord for community chat, and offers a paid-support contact option.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Templates
- Winter CMS templates and layouts use HTML, and Twig provides templating for more complex designs.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- License and cost
- Winter CMS is free and open source under the MIT license.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The site footer identifies Frostbyte Foundation Inc. as the organization behind the site; release notes describe it as a Canadian non-profit founded to support Winter CMS and its community.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 22 Sep 2026
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