Opensource And Commercial ASP.Net CMS

I've been googling around lately where to find an opensource CMS (Content Management System)on ASP.Net platform. There are a number of very mature and stable CMS for .Net that I've found. Below are the links and description.

Opensource ASP.Net CMS

1. Umbraco CMS (http://umbraco.org)

Umbraco CMS has been around lately and it is a CMS that can support any browser and that even allows editing by using Microsoft Word.

2. Dave's ASP.Net CMS (http://www.davidpirek.com/cms/)

Dave's ASP.NET SEO Friendly CMS was created as a response to identifying need of many small business owners for a compact easy to use content management system. This CMS was inspired by Wordpress as a simple ASP.NET alternative for those who do not have option of Linux hosting. Currently Dave’s ASP.NET CMS includes a simple blogging functionality and a zone based editing as well as a simple lead form.

3. DotNetNuke CMS (http://www.dotnetnuke.com/)

DotNetNuke CMS comes in two versions namely the free Community Edition that runs hundreds of thousands of production websites and the new Professional Edition 5.1 that includes unique features designed for business critical websites.

The DotNetNuke web content management system (CMS) and application development framework was developed as an open source, community-driven project. It continues to thrive and benefit from an established and active group of users, developers, system integrators, module vendors, skin vendors, and hosting providers.

In addition to creating and maintaining the DotNetNuke framework, DotNetNuke Corp. also leads the DotNetNuke ecosystem through which DotNetNuke users and customers gain access to a wide variety of complementary technologies, services, and hosting alternatives.

Commercial ASP.Net CMS

1. Graffiti CMS (http://graffiticms.com/)

Graffiti is built for everyday people. You don't even have to know how to program your DVR to use it!

Now we did realize that designers would want to customize how Graffiti looks. So we decided to introduce a neutral programming concept we call Chalk. Chalk is a simple templating language that gives both designers and developers the ability to customize how content is shown without requiring them to read a 500 lb. book on programming.

Yes, Graffiti is built on .NET. And truth be told, any good developer can make either PHP or ASP.NET code perform. However, we think there are better tools and more long-term advantages in Microsoft's platform. So for developers familiar with ASP.NET, Graffiti's full power and capability are readily available to you.

Graffiti CMS comes with a free edition.

2. Kentico CMS (http://www.kentico.com/)

Why should I develop web sites with Kentico CMS?

With Kentico CMS, you can achieve better results with less effort and in shorter time than with traditional development by leveraging:

fast, browser-based development with minimum coding
tons of ready-to-use web parts and modules
high flexibility and full control over rendered HTML code
open and extensible architecture
Rapid web site development

Let's face it: traditional web site development with tedious coding using basic ASP.NET infrastructure is too complex, repetitive and expensive. You can hardly justify the costs of such development in the era of content management systems that provide ready-to-use frameworks oriented on storing, updating and publishing content.

Kentico CMS provides a flexible, content-oriented framework based on ASP.NET platform that allows you to cut the development time from hours to minutes. What used to require writing ADO.NET code, SQL queries and using databound controls, can be done with a few mouse-clicks in Kentico CMS.

Kentico CMS comes with a free edition.

3. Sitefinity CMS (http://www.sitefinity.com/)

Meet the web content management system that requires no additional learning. Engineered for extensibility and customization, Sitefinity can help you deliver compelling web applications in a much shorter time than you would ever expect.

Sitefinity CMS is brought to you by Telerik, the company who designed nice 3rd party controls for .Net.

So far ASP.Net has been competing with PHP in terms of CMS tools. And now, there are a lot of CMS tools for us to choose from. I hope you guys found your ideal CMS tool to build your next project.

Goodluck!!