[HN Gopher] October CMS as you know it is Dead
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       October CMS as you know it is Dead
        
       Author : vanilla-almond
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-04-30 22:02 UTC (57 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (wintercms.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (wintercms.com)
        
       | vanilla-almond wrote:
       | For some context: October CMS, a popular PHP Content Management
       | System (CMS), has switched from open source to a proprietary paid
       | model [1]. Winter CMS is a fork of the October CMS codebase to
       | continue development of the CMS as a open source project.
       | 
       | The new pricing model for October CMS is cheap, but no longer
       | open source:
       | 
       | - $9 per project
       | 
       | - $150 for unlimited projects
       | 
       | For comparison, Craft CMS, a popular commercial CMS also written
       | in PHP, charge $299 for a licence for a single project.
       | 
       | [1] https://octobercms.com/blog/post/october-cms-moves-become-
       | pa...
        
         | shortformblog wrote:
         | This characterization of Craft is incorrect. Single-user "solo"
         | projects are free, which would make it less expensive than
         | OctoberCMS. [1] Additionally, OctoberCMS charges $97 as an add-
         | on for support for its projects, something that comes with the
         | $299 pro charge for CraftCMS.
         | 
         | It's more agency projects that have that cost; additionally,
         | Craft receives fees from paid plugins that have their own
         | separate support infrastructure.
         | 
         | I personally use Craft for my website and chose it over
         | OctoberCMS, though I had given October a close look when I made
         | the transition two and a half years ago.
         | 
         | [1]: https://craftcms.com/pricing
        
       | VWWHFSfQ wrote:
       | Good for October CMS for trying to make money.
       | 
       | Good for Winter CMS for continuing development of the OSS
       | version.
       | 
       | This is an example of the system working.
        
       | jorgenveisdal wrote:
       | I always liked October CMS. Very structured. Too bad.
        
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