Manage content easily and deliver it to any device.
CONTENTBOX is a powerful open-source headless CMS.
100% fully Customizable.
Two-Factor Authentication Framework
Customizable security firewall
Open source and commercial versions available
Dedicated Docker image
Ability to build and integrate applications thanks to the ColdBox Platform core
CREATE CONTENT ONCE, CONSUME IT ANYWHERE
Manage content in a single centralized location and consume it from any device or application through a robust built-in API and gain full control of the UI.
WHAT IS CONTENTBOX
Modular Content Management
ContentBox is a professional open source (Apache 2 License) modular content management engine that allows you to easily build websites, blogs, wikis, complex web applications, and RESTFul web services. It can also be used as a full Headless CMS or a hybrid CMS. Built with a secure and flexible modular core, designed to scale, and combined with world-class support, ContentBox will get your projects out the door in no time. ContentBox CMS can be deployed to any ColdFusion/CFML engine or any Java Servlet Container.
ContentBox is a professional open source (Apache 2 License) modular content management engine that allows you to easily build websites, blogs, wikis, complex web applications, and RESTFul web services.
It can also be used as a full Headless CMS or a hybrid CMS. Built with a secure and flexible modular core, designed to scale, and combined with world-class support, ContentBox will get your projects out the door in no time. ContentBox CMS can be deployed to any ColdFusion/CFML engine or any Java Servlet Container.
Solid Fundation
ContentBox is built with a solid open source Hierarchical MVC framework foundation; The ColdBox Platform, which has been powering ColdFusion/CFML applications since 2005 and used by thousands of developers worldwide. Used by clients like NASA, ESRI, Adobe TV, FAA, GE and many more. ContentBox has been designed using a rich Object Oriented content model powered by Hibernate, the de-facto standard Object Relational Mapper, and can run in any Java environment. Our entire infrastructure is built with scalability and cloud deployment in mind.
ContentBox is built with a solid open source Hierarchical MVC framework foundation; The ColdBox Platform, which has been powering ColdFusion/CFML applications since 2005 and used by thousands of developers worldwide.
Used by clients like NASA, ESRI, Adobe TV, FAA, GE and many more. ContentBox has been designed using a rich Object Oriented content model powered by Hibernate, the de-facto standard Object Relational Mapper, and can run in any Java environment. Our entire infrastructure is built with scalability and cloud deployment in mind.
Modularity
ContentBox is not a traditional and monolithic CMS application, but a combination of ColdBox modules that will provide you with CMS capabilities. You can also enhance any web application with these capabilities as well. No longer be restricted by the application’s extension points, but extend and scale modularly.
ContentBox is not a traditional and monolithic CMS application, but a combination of ColdBox modules that will provide you with CMS capabilities.
You can also enhance any web application with these capabilities as well. No longer be restricted by the application’s extension points, but extend and scale modularly.
Portability
ContentBox sports its very own ContentBox Docker image. The image is packaged with a self-contained express version, which uses an in-memory H2 database and can distribute to multiple replicas with ease. To stand up an image for testing purposes, simply run:
docker pull ortussolutions/contentbox &&
docker run -p 8080:8080 \
-e express=true \
-e install=true \
ortussolutions/contentbox
Our image also has the following capabilities:
- Embedded Database or connect to any RDBMS
- Image and Application Healthchecks
- SSL Support
- Distributed caching
- Distributed sessions
- Data persistence
- Custom data mounts
docker pull ortussolutions/contentbox &&
docker run -p 8080:8080 \
-e express=true \
-e install=true \
ortussolutions/contentbox
Our image also has the following capabilities:
- Embedded Database or connect to any RDBMS
- Image and Application Healthchecks
- SSL Support
- Distributed caching
- Distributed sessions
- Data persistence
- Custom data mounts
Developers First
Designed to scale, perform with security in mind, and multi-site ready.
Flexible HMVC Core
At it’s core, CONTENTBOX is powered by a Hierarchical MVC framework (ColdBox Platform) that allows you to implement a highly modular approach for implementing, re-using, and extending your applications’ functionalities while maintaining the manageability of your source code.
Professional Open Source Supported since 2012. Get the help you need when you need it the most.
Fully DocumentedWe love documentation!
ForgeBoxThemes, widgets, and modules for everyone.
WHY CONTENTBOX?
Auto update capabilities
Integrated and customizable permission-role based security
Customizable security firewall
Content version control with commit change logs, rollback and diff views
Content and Data Cache Managers with Reports
Publishing and expiration content systems
Ability to deploy UI and Administrator modules to different servers
Ability to import data from other CMS systems
Extensive comment moderation rules
Media manager with detailed permission controls
Ability to backup your system
Ability to put the site in maintenance mode
Ability to enable rate-limiting and login attack vectors
Modular MVC Architecture
Extend via event-driven programming with over 100 different events
Dependency injection and AOP foundations
Create custom content types
Pluggable custom security mechanisms
Create reusable content widgets
Extend the administrator, editors and even the UI via ContentBox modules
API for integration with other modules or even applications
Menu system API for extending the administrator UI
Integreated API documentation
Online web code editor with syntax highlighting
Ability to build and integrate applications thanks to the ColdBox Platform core
Ability to deploy UI and Administrator modules to different servers
Open source and commercial versions available
Ability to apply rate-limiting
Ability to apply login tracker and authentication logs
Deployable to any Java enabled server
Easily deploy on a cluster of servers
Two-Factor Authentication Framework
Password rules
Dedicated Docker image, fully optimized for cloud deployments
Docker image features include:
Distributed caching and session storage built-in
Environmental overrides for common settings and file paths
Lightweight servlet container engine, optimized for performance
Multi-platform DBMS support
Full Coldbox customization and configuration
INSTALLATION
You can get started quickly with ContentBox by leveraging CommandBox, our CLI and package manager, or with our Docker Images.
CONTENTBOX CLI
You can easily install ContentBox with any CFML engine and database by using our CLI tool:
DOCKER
You can leverage our docker image for ContentBox or build awesome deploy stacks, with distributed sessions, content and more.
docker pull ortussolutions/contentbox &&
docker run -p 8080:8080 \
-e express=true \
-e install=true \
ortussolutions/contentbox
Note: Please make sure you are in and empty folder and inside the CommandBox interactive shell before executing the commands. Just open the CommandBox executable or enter box to start our interactive shell.
DOWNLOADS
From here you can download different editions of ContentBox. You can also visit our Artifacts Server to browse our entire downloads collection. Please note that our preferred approach to installing ContentBox is via our contentbox-cli.
ContentBox v6.0.0
Release date: December 20, 2023 code name: Psalm 144:1
Choose ContentBox Module to download ContentBox as a set of modules to deploy to an existing ColdBox application. Choose Installer to download a full ColdBox Site with the ContentBox installer. Choose Site to download a full ColdBox site with ContentBox but no installers. Choose ContentBox WAR to deploy to your Java engine of choice, or ContentBox Express edition to download a one-click standalone install including a built-in database, great for demos or embeddable sites! You can also find all of our patches in our Integration Artifacts Repository
