DotCMS explained

dotCMS
Developer:	dotCMS LLC
Released:	^[1]
Operating System:	Unix-like, Windows
Platform:	Cross-platform
Language:	Multilingual
Programming Language:	Java
Genre:	Content management system
License:	GPLv3 or later^[2]

dotCMS is an open source content management system (CMS) written in Java for managing content and content driven sites and applications.^{[3] [4]}

Architecture

• Java based
• API Based Content Store
• Hybrid CMS (API First CMS)
• Provides "Content as a Service"
• Elasticsearch for all Content and Documents - external as of 5.3.0^[5]
• Cloud^[6] or On Premises^[7]
• RESTful Content Searching and Access
• Remote & Static Publishing

Source Code

• Source Code available on GitHub

DotCMS Products

dotCMS provides a community edition of their content management system that is free to download and use.^[8] They also provide an Enterprise edition, which is a SaaS-based product, that you can purchase on an annual or monthly subscription.

License

• dotCMS is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or as a Commercial license

Notes and References

1. https://github.com/dotCMS/core/releases/tag/3.0 Earliest tagged releases
2. http://dotcms.com/products/java-cms/licensing/ Licensing Options
3. Web site: Web CMS: Latest dotCMS Release Empowers Editors, Boosts Content Findability. 2015-08-23.
4. Web site: Free Open Source & Feature Rich: An Overview of DotCMS. 20 May 2015. 2015-05-20.
5. Web site: ChangeLogs.
6. http://dotcms.com/cloud Cloud Hosted CMS
7. http://dotcms.com/download On premises CMS
8. Web site: Headless CMS Full Feature List. dotCMS. dotCMS Content Management System. en. 2019-10-03.