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Open Source CMS Market Share Report Released
We released today the first extensive report on market share in the open source CMS market. The report covers 19 of the most popular systems and measures them on a variety of traditional and Web 2.0 metrics.
We found some interesting things, but the key conclusion (for most people) is our determination that the market is dominated by just three names: WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal. The report also indentifies projects that may be in trouble and new names to watch.
At 50 pages, there is a significant amount of data that should be of use to developers or to anyone who is looking to commit to a web publishing system.
Visit the water&stone site to download a free copy: http://www.waterandstone.com/resources.html
I read through your report and I appreciate you pulling this information together. What I really liked is that you approached the subject from a variety of angles, looking at many different indicators of acceptance and popularity, with all of this working together to paint a more comprehensive picture. Thanks again.
Thanks for this great report. I think your title is a bit misleading, though. What you seem to be measuring is publicity and not market share.
I'm myself working almost exclusively with the Plone Open Source CMS and it is indeed lacking in terms of publicity as your report shows. One of the main reasons here is, that it is often used by large organizations, who will not affect the metrics you used.
So if there is a niche market that Plone seems to be moving into, it is usually called enterprise market.
Hi Ric,
many thanks for sharing your investigations with the community. It's a cracking read and affirms what I guessed was the case with the current players.
There was one thing I was wondering regarding your positioning of Wordpress vs Joomla vs Drupal: Is there any evidence to show how much of the Wordpress data refers to its traditional blogging use vs the quantity that is used in a truer CMS sense?
We use both Joomla! and Wordpress, but for quite different purposes and I suspect that this is not uncommon.
For me the most surprising aspect of your findings was how far Drupal has come is a relatively short time.
Thanks again
Alan
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