Rails CMS alternatives

Rails CMS alternatives
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  Note: project activity was checked on 11/26/09 for most of these projects, and the "last update" field has not been kept up to date since then.
  
Rails 3 projects:
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adva-cms
  repo: http://github.com/svenfuchs/adva_cms/
  site: http://adva-cms.org/
  demo: none
  sandbox: http://adva2-demo.heroku.com/
  Engine-based CMS
  Notes:
    version 0.0.6 -- very immature rewrite of adva-cms
    nice UX for the admin panel
    good cucumber test coverage, no rspec

Refinery
  repo: http://refinerycms.org/
  site: http://refinerycms.com/
  demo: http://demo.refinerycms.com/session/new (demo/demo)
  sandbox: http://refinery-demo.heroku.com/
  Dedicated CMS built on top of Rails  
  Notes:
    Fully featured
    Add-ons
    Good community

Typus 
  repo: http://intraducibles.com/projects/typus
  site: http://github.com/fesplugas/typus
  demo: http://typus.heroku.com/ ([email protected] / columbia)
  sandbox: didn't try this one
  Not really a CMS, more of a way to spin up an administrative backend via generators
  Notes:
    Looks like scaffolding for admin interfaces


Rails 2 projects:
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BrowserCMS
  repo: http://github.com/browsermedia/browsercms
  site: http://www.browsercms.org/
  demo: 
  gem-based dedicated CMS
  Notes:
    designed for: "Developers who want to drop a CMS into their Rails projects, or create CMS driven websites for their clients."
    Not Rails3...nooo

Goldberg
  site: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-goldberg
  repo: http://github.com/urbanus/goldberg (rails 2.3 compatible fork at http://github.com/lardawge/goldberg)
  "the rapid website framework for Ruby on Rails"
  Last update: 4/28/09
  plugin-based CMS
  
Kete
  repo: http://github.com/kete/kete/
  site: http://kete.net.nz/
  Last update: 11/20/09
  "a mashup between content management and knowledge management"
  Dedicated app, closer to wiki/blog than CMS

Radiant
  repo: http://github.com/radiant/radiant
  site: http://radiantcms.org/
  demo: http://radiantcms.org/demo/ (admin/radiant)
  Engine-based CMS, mature project

Seed
  repo: http://github.com/desaperados/seed
  demo: http://seed.mediacollectiveslice.com/ (admin/administrator)
  Last update: 9/22/09
  "a Common Sense CMS"
  Dedicated CMS built on top of Rails
  
Skyline
  repo: http://github.com/digitpaint/skyline
  site: http://www.skylinecms.nl/
  Last update: 11/26/09
  "extremely flexible and expandable open source content management system"
  Dedicated CMS built on top of Rails
  
Slate
  repo: A version is at http://github.com/scharfie/slate but the actual running code does not seem to be available
  site: http://slatecms.wvu.edu/
  "focused on rapid production of traditional-style Web sites"
  Hosted CMS for West Virginia University only
  
Static
  repo: http://github.com/trevorturk/static/
  site: http://almosteffortless.com/static/
  demo: http://static.heroku.com/
  "super simple Rails CMS built for Heroku"
  Last update: 10/16/09
  Dedicated CMS built on top of Rails
  
Station
  repo: http://github.com/atd/station
  site: http://rstation.wordpress.com/
  "Station is to Rails in Content Management System like Rails is to Ruby in Web Development."
  Last update: 11/21/09
  Engine-based CMS

Ubiquo
  repo: couldn't find it...
  site: http://www.ubiquo.me/
  demo: none
  sandbox
  CMS framework for developers
  Notes:
    Does not work under Ruby 1.9

Zena
  repo: http://github.com/zena/zena
  site: http://zenadmin.org/en
  "CMS (content managment system) with a focus on usability, ease of customization and web 2.0 goodness"
  Last update: 11/25/09
  Dedicated CMS built on top of Rails

Vrame
  repo: http://github.com/sebastiandeutsch/vrame
  "a CMS based on Ruby on Rails"
  Last update: 11/28/09
  Engine-based CMS

Webiva 
  repo: http://www.github.com/cykod/Webiva
  site: http://www.webiva.org/
  demo: http://www.webiva.org/ -- click demo, follow directions
  Dedicated CMS built on top of Rails
  Notes:
    Standalone app
    Designed for building websites (comparable to Wordpress)
    
Inactive projects:
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Ansuz CMS
  repo: http://github.com/knewter/ansuz
  site: http://ansuzcms.com/
  "an open source Content Management System built in Ruby on Rails."
  Last update: 3/19/09
  Dedicated CMS built on top of Rails

Comatose
  repo: http://github.com/darthapo/comatose/
  site: http://comatose.rubyforge.org/
  "a micro CMS implemented as a Rails plugin"
  Last update: 2/26/09
  plugin CMS functionality for any Rails app

Geego
  repo: None - versions available by download
  site: http://www.geegocms.com/
  "Manage content with style"
  Last update: 2007?
  Dedicated CMS built on top of Rails

Railfrog
  repo: http://github.com/railfrog/railfrogcms
  site: http://railfrog.com/
  last update: 9/21/09 - project may be reviving
  "the CMS for the rest of us"
  Dedicated or engine-based CMS
  
Thetis
  repo: None - versions available by download
  site: http://thetis-sysph.sourceforge.net/
  demo: http://sysphonic.com/thetis/
  "The World-Strongest Groupware"
  Last update: Jan. 2009?
  Dedicated CMS and groupware app built on top of Rails
  

Dead projects:
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Rubricks
  repo: http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubricks/
  site: http://rubricks.org/index_en.html
  "Ajax style content management system powered by Rails"
  Last Update: Nov. 2008
  
Widgetfinger
  site: http://widgetfinger.com
  Thoughtbot site that allowed generating brochureware right in the browser.
  Scheduled to go offline 12/21/2009
  
Related:
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Blog engines
  Enki http://www.enkiblog.com
  Mephisto http://mephistoblog.com/
  Typo http://wiki.github.com/fdv/typo/
Static page generators
  Jekyll http://wiki.github.com/mojombo/jekyll
  Nanoc http://nanoc.stoneship.org/
  StaticMatic http://staticmatic.rubyforge.org/
  Webby http://webby.rubyforge.org/
Wikis
  Redmine http://www.redmine.org/ (also project management)
  Wagn http://www.wagn.org/