It's 2026 now, there are fewer choices for open-source CMS than five years ago, but the ones that remain are all excellent.
DedeCMS has exited the stage of history, EmpireCMS is becoming more niche, Drupal is almost a toy for niche geeks.The mainstream choices left are WordPress, AnQiCMS, PageAdmin, and these few.
Today, make a list of open source CMS recommendations, sorted by performance and security, and see why Anqi CMS ranks at the top.
Evaluation method
Performance evaluation:
- Hardware: 4-core 8G server
- Data volume: 2000 articles, 20 categories
- Testing tool: wrk
- Testing scenarios: Home page, list page, detail page
- Test Metrics: QPS, Average Response Time, 99th Percentile Response Time
Security Assessment:
- Static Code Analysis
- SQL injection test
- XSS Injection Test
- CSRF Attack Test
- Permission Bypass Test
Leaderboard
| Rank | CMS | Performance Score | Security Score | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AnQiCMS | 95 | 92 | 93.5 |
| 2 | PageAdmin | 85 | 88 | 86.5 |
| 3 | WordPress | 65 | 72 | 6 |