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Here is a list of some of the most popular/best content management systems (CMS) around. Starting with the most popular ones and what they do.

1. WordPress

WordPress has to be the most popular and best content management system around. It has become the most used blogging software/CMS around. It’s free and any absolute beginner can install with the famous 5 minutes installation process. WordPress makes the process of creating websites or publishing contents on the web very easy.  And if you’re not satisfied with the standard installations you can always visit the wordpress website and browse through 1000s of plug-ins submitted the users. Plug-ins you might find include search engine optimisation which enhances the standard installation attraction to search engines.

WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plugin architecture and a templating system. Used by over 300 of the 10,000 biggest websites, WordPress is the most popular blog software in use today.

2. Joomla!

Joomla! is one of the most popular and best content management systems used on the web. The Content management system comes with impressive amounts of functionality. The system of Joomla is quite complex and would require a long time learning just to adapt yourself to the CMS. If you want simple and quick then WordPress is your choice. Joomla! is the perfect CMS for corporate, e-commerce and even personal websites.
Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.

3. Drupal

Drupal is another very widely used CMS on the web. The CMS is complex as well, it would take a long time getting used to for the absolute beginners. Drupal can be used for community sites, forums, weblogs, and corporate websites.
Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual, a community of users, or an enterprise to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Hundreds of thousands of people and organizations are using Drupal to power an endless variety of web sites, including Community web portals, Discussion sites, Corporate web sites, Intranet applications, Personal web sites or blogs, Aficionado sites, E-commerce applications, Resource directories, Social Networking sites

4. Moodle

‘Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. ‘ Moodel is used to create online courses and web-based learning websites. Moodle stands for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, This is a great CMS to help educators create online courses. It’s great for universities, schools and any organisation that needs to run learning modules on the web.

5. Pligg

‘Pligg is an open source CMS (Content Management System) that you can download and use for free. Pligg CMS provides social networking software that encourages visitors to register on your website so that they can submit content and connect with other users. Our software creates websites where stories are created and voted on by members, not website editors. Use Pligg content management system to start your own social networking community in minutes.’ The quote is self explanatory. This is a great CMS for social networking websites or large publishing organisations. The CMS offers the ability for users to register and submit their own contents such as News or Articles, allowing others to rate the submitted contents.

6. Xoops

XOOPS is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and is free to use and modify. It is free to redistribute as long as you abide by the distribution terms of the GPL

7. TYPO3

TYPO3 is a free and open source content management system as well as a Model–view–controller (MVC) Web Application Development framework written in PHP. It is released under the GNU General Public License. It can run on Apache or IIS on top of Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS/2 or Mac OS X.

8. phpBB

phpBB is a free flat-forum bulletin board software solution that can be used to stay in touch with a group of people or can power your entire website. With an extensive database of user-created modifications and styles database containing hundreds of style and image packages to customise your board, you can create a very unique forum in minutes.

9. MediaWiki

MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis, including the home of MediaWiki.

10. Mambo

Mambo is a Content Management System (CMS). It is the engine behind your website that simplifies the creation, management, and sharing of content.

11. CMS Made Simple

CMS Made Simple provides a fast and easy way to create a professional web site and manage its content, whether it’s for a small business or a multinational corporation!
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