Open Source Content & Publishing Software
Content & Publishing software provides systems for managing, storing, and distributing digital media and text. These tools handle tasks such as organizing photo libraries, streaming video, and operating community forums or newsletters. This type of software serves independent creators and community managers who need to host their own knowledge bases and media servers. By using these apps, you avoid relying on external cloud services to store your images and articles. These tools ensure that your publishing workflow and subscriber lists remain on your own hardware.
This page lists 256 open source tools in the Content & Publishing category. The most popular are Immich, OpenCut and Jellyfin. Most use the MIT or AGPL-3.0 license, and 180 offer an official Docker image.
Photoview
A self-hosted photo gallery designed for photographers to navigate high-resolution images and RAW files.
Komga
A media server for managing and reading comics, manga, magazines, and eBooks via a web interface.
Flat
A virtual classroom client providing real-time video, audio, and interactive whiteboard capabilities for online education.
YouTube Music Desktop
Provides a dedicated desktop environment for accessing and controlling YouTube Music outside of a web browser.
GIMP
A free image editor for photo manipulation, digital art creation, and graphic design with cross platform support.
OpenShot
A cross platform video editor providing multi track editing, animation tools, and support for various media formats.
MoeKoeMusic
A third party music client for KuGou that provides a clean interface and direct server connections.
Weblate
A web-based continuous localization system that integrates with version control to manage translations for software projects.
Calibre-Web Automated
A self-hosted digital library manager that automates ebook ingestion and format conversion for various ereaders.
iSponsorBlockTV
Automatically skips sponsors and intros in YouTube videos across various smart TV and console applications.
ZoneMinder
A complete surveillance solution for capturing, analyzing, recording, and monitoring CCTV and security cameras on Linux.
Streambert
Stream and download movies, tv series, and anime through a cross-platform desktop application without ads.
Lidarr
Automates the monitoring, downloading, and organization of music collections for Usenet and BitTorrent users.
Kdenlive
A non-linear video editor for Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD that provides tools for professional video production.
Soundnode App
A desktop music player that integrates with the SoundCloud API for managing tracks and playlists.
Umbraco CMS
A free and open source .NET content management system designed for delivering diverse digital experiences.
WriteFreely
A minimalist, Markdown-based publishing platform designed for distraction-free writing and the creation of federated communities.
Pinchflat
Self-hosted media manager that automatically downloads YouTube channels and playlists using yt-dlp for local archiving.
Restreamer
A self-hosted streaming server for broadcasting live video to multiple platforms and websites simultaneously.
Joomla!
A content management system for building websites and online applications using PHP and SQL databases.
FreeSWITCH
A software defined telecom stack for implementing versatile telephony services on any commodity hardware device.
MediaCMS
Self-hosted media content management system for viewing and sharing video, audio, images, and PDF documents.
Short-video-factory
Automate the creation of product marketing and general content short videos using AI driven batch clipping.
Koharu
Automate manga translation using local machine learning for text detection, OCR, inpainting, and text rendering.
Statamic
A flat-first content management system built on Laravel that manages website data using files and Git.
musikcube
A cross-platform terminal-based audio engine and music library that functions as a local player and server.
DokuWiki
A flexible open source wiki engine that stores data in plain text files without a database.
Harmonoid
Manage and play local music libraries with support for lyrics, tag editing, and gapless playback.
motionEye
A web based interface for the motion video surveillance program with integrated motion detection capabilities.
Modly
Generates 3D meshes from 2D images using local AI models running on the system GPU.
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