Welcome to the OpenCms Project

OpenCms is a professional level Open Source Website Content Management System. OpenCms helps to create and manage complex websites easily without knowledge of html. An integrated WYSIWYG editor with a user interface similar to well known office applications helps the user creating the contents, while a sophisticated template engine enforces a site-wide corporate layout. As true Open Source software, OpenCms is completely free of licensing costs.

OpenCms is based on Java and XML technology. Therefore it fits perfectly into almost any existing modern IT infrastructure. OpenCms runs in a "full open source" environment (e.g. Linux, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL) as well as on commercial components (e.g.  Windows NT, IIS, BEA Weblogic, Oracle DB).

To learn more about OpenCms, take a look at the available in the section. To participate in the OpenCms project, check out the Development section. To download OpenCms, use the links on the right side of this page or check out the section.

OpenCms 6.0.2 available

10/13/05

Version 6.0.2 of OpenCms is now available for download. OpenCms is one of the most popular Open Source Content Management Solutions. The new version was developed by Alkacon Software GmbH with the support of an international OpenCms developer community. OpenCms 6.0.2 is a maintenance release which fixes several issues reported in OpenCms 6.0.0. Some new features are available as well. For complete details about the issues solved with 6.0.2 compared to the 6.0.0 release, please check the . With the OpenCms 6.0.2 download comes extensive online documentation and examples, also developed by Alkacon Software GmbH. OpenCms 6 offers major features expected from a modern CMS solution: "Direct edit” of content right from the website Improved HTML user interface, compatible to MS IE and Firefox New content types can easily be defined by an XML schema Support for managing multiple websites in one installation Integrated full text search, also in MS Office and PDF documents Extensive user permission system with access control lists (ACL) Optional generates static HTML pages from the content Contains modules for news, jobs, FAQ and events Generator for Email-Forms Support for multiple languages and Unicode Updating an existing OpenCms 6.0.0 installation to version 6.0.2 is easy with the new OpenCms "Upgrade wizard". Independent research has shown OpenCms to be a market leading solution amongst Open Source CMS systems. The software has been in continuous development for the last 6 years and has an active community of Open Source developers. More than 80 international IT companies have been registered as official “OpenCms Solution Provider” on the OpenCms website. A steadily growing list of reference sites also shows the increasing use of OpenCms. OpenCms is an enterprise - ready content management solution build in Java and XML from open source components. OpenCms can easily be deployed on almost any existing IT infrastructure and provides powerful features especially suited for medium and large enterprise internet or intranet applications. OpenCms is open source software distributed under the LGPL licence. Alkacon Software GmbH is the company responsible for the main development of OpenCms. Today OpenCms is a leading open source CMS solution in widespread use all over the world. Many businesses and organizations use OpenCms as a cost effective, professional alternative to expensive license products. Alkacon Software GmbH offers its customers training, support and add-on products for OpenCms. This gives our customers a layer of security and convenience often required for mission critical OpenCms installations. The team at wants to thank everyone who has contributed to this release of OpenCms.

Book about OpenCms released

7/31/04

has released a book titled Building Websites with OpenCms. The book covers OpenCms version 5.0.x and has been written by Matt Butcher. Matt is well known in the OpenCms community for his work on the OpenCms Lucene search module. Many other regular contributors from the opencms-dev mailing list have assisted in the writing of this book.

Building Websites with OpenCms covers:

• Installing and configuring OpenCms
• Using the OpenCms Workplace
• Exploring the core architecture and the virtual file system
• Working with JSP templates
• Creating OpenCms modules
• Adding custom resource types
• Exporting to static HTML
• Deploying and managing and OpenCms website

The book has been written for the current "stable" relase of OpenCms, version 5.0.x. The publishers already have expressed interest in publishing an updated version once the final relase of Opencms 6.0 is available. Most of the information in the book will be valid for OpenCms 6.0 with only some minor changes.

Because they are locked up in the development of OpenCms 6.0, no developer from could participate in the writing of the book. That the book got published nevertheless serves as an example of how large and active the OpenCms community has become today.

Job opportunities at Alkacon Software

6/16/04

Alkacon Software, home of the maintainers and main developers of OpenCms, has Job openings for OpenCms core development. If you are a skilled Java developer looking for a challenge, . Please note that currently all job offerings are for regular, on-site and full-time employments only. Location of work are the Alkacon offices in Cologne, Germany. The job descriptions are currently only available in German language.