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Umbraco

A .NET content management system with a backoffice editor and a headless Delivery API.

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.NET teams building content sites, with or without a separate frontend.

Watch out. Add-ons such as Umbraco Forms and Umbraco Deploy are sold separately. Check which you need before you plan a project.

Run
Hosted or self-host
Effort
Moderate
Deploy
.NET templatesWindows, Linux, and macOSUmbraco Cloud
License
MIT
Activity
Active · 1d ago

Overview

Umbraco is an MIT-licensed CMS built on .NET. Editors work in the backoffice with content structured by document types, and language variants support multilingual sites. The Content Delivery API returns published content as JSON for headless frontends. It installs from the dotnet templates on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and Umbraco Cloud is a paid hosted option.

What it does

  • Backoffice editing with document types
  • Content Delivery API for headless use
  • Language variants for multilingual content
  • Media library

Capability source: Project documentation

Who Umbraco fits

.NET teams building content sites, with or without a separate frontend.

How you run it

Umbraco has hosted and self-hosted options.

Documented deployment options: .NET templates, Windows, Linux, and macOS, Umbraco Cloud.

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Before you choose it

Add-ons such as Umbraco Forms and Umbraco Deploy are sold separately. Check which you need before you plan a project.

Self-hosting and deployment

Self-hostable
Yes
Cloud / hosted offering
Yes
Docker noted in deployment tags
Not recorded
Deployment tags
.NET templates, Windows, Linux, and macOS, Umbraco Cloud
Difficulty
Moderate

Umbraco questions

What is Umbraco?
A .NET content management system with a backoffice editor and a headless Delivery API. It is listed under CMS on PickOpenSource.
Is Umbraco open source?
Yes. Its source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license.
Can you self-host Umbraco?
Yes. Listed deployment options: .NET templates, Windows, Linux, and macOS, Umbraco Cloud. A hosted version is also available.
Is Umbraco free?
Pricing is not recorded in this catalog. Check the official website for hosted plans and edition limits, and the MIT license for usage conditions. Self-hosting also requires infrastructure and maintenance.
What are alternatives to Umbraco?
Similar cms projects include Strapi, Ghost, and Payload.
Is Umbraco actively maintained?
The latest commit on GitHub was October 15, 2026, and the repository has 5.3k stars.

Related projects

Other approved projects in CMS: Strapi, Ghost, Payload.

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