This document summarizes several Ruby and Rails content management systems (CMS). It lists Comfy Mexican Sofa, FAE CMS, Locomotive CMS, Spina CMS, Alchemy CMS, Refinery CMS, StoryTime, Chameleon CMS, Radiant CMS, and Browser CMS. For each it provides a brief description and link to the project website, highlighting key features like multi-site support, content organization tools, and integration with e-commerce platforms. The concluding quote suggests trying different CMS options before starting a new project.

1. Ruby and/or Rails Content
Management Systems
Brian Loomis
@djdarkbeat

2. See this bridge? Pretend it’s a CMS. See that river? Pretend it’s onerous tasks.
a CMS is a Bridge
Spans the gap between
content and software
development.

3. Comfortable Mexican Sofa
❖ https://github.com/comfy/comfortable-mexican-sofa
❖ > Comfy Blog https://github.com/comfy/comfy-blog
❖ Mirrored Websites
❖ MultiSites, multilang
❖ CMS seeds speed content creation without admin
interaction.

4. FAE CMS
❖ https://faecms.com/
❖ Gem based
❖ Global search
❖ Change Tracker
❖ Cloning
❖ Auth / Devise integration

5. Locomotive CMS
❖ https://www.locomotivecms.com/
❖ MongoDB only.
❖ Now hosted (didn’t use to be)
❖ Uses Wagon CLI to manage

6. Spina CMS
❖ https://www.spinacms.com/
❖ Drag and drop content organization
❖ No Multiple Websites
❖ Great SEO tweaks.

7. Alchemy CMS
❖ https://alchemy-cms.com/about
❖ CMS Builder
❖ Lots of Effort
❖ Prevent content editors from editing layouts.
❖ Multi Domain

8. Refinery CMS
❖ https://www.refinerycms.com/
❖ Rails Engine (works w/Spree)
❖ Good for eCommerce.
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9. StoryTime
❖ https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime
❖ Pages, Posts, Snippets
❖ Clean minimalist design

10. Chameleon CMS
❖ http://camaleon.tuzitio.com/
❖ Modules
❖ Wordpress replacement
❖ Group by content and group by users.
❖

11. Radiant CMS
❖ http://radiantcms.org/
❖ Edit JS and CSS in admin.
❖ Create any content structure with no limits.
❖ Nested Sets

12. Browser CMS
❖ http://www.browsercms.org/
❖ Older, not sure if still supported or active.

14. –Captain Obvious
“Maybe we should have tried a couple different
ones before we started the project.”