OpenCms 6.0.0 Distribution (with documentation & examples)

The OpenCms 6.0.0 binary distribution, including extensive demo modules and the updated "Alkacon Documentation".

OpenCms 6.0.0 features numerous enhancemens over version 5.0.x such as:

  • "New Administration" Tools
  • Improved login dialog
  • Documentation how to upgrade from 5.0 to 6.0.0
  • Administration screen for scheduled jobs
  • "Table gallery" feature
  • "templateone" modules for news, jobs, events, faq
  • Improved options and speed of the full text search
  • Full text search inside Word, Excel, PDF, PowerPoint Documents)
  • Updated "Administration" Workplace GUI
  • Improved documentation
  • Improved content galleries
  • Support for Java 1.5
  • XML content features for structured content
  • Management of multiple websites
  • Enhanced multi-language and Unicode support
  • ACL based permission system
  • "Direct Edit" feature
  • WYSIWYG support in Mozilla browser
  • ... and much more

The source code for this release is available in the public CVS, please refer to the Development section on how to obtain it.

Who should use this 6.0.0 version?

We highly recommend to update to this new version of OpenCms 6.0.0 if you are using an older version of OpenCms. This version has been proven to be much more stable than the last OpenCms 5.0 release.

Please refer to the 6.0.0 release notes (included in the distribution) for a full list of features in this release.

Module Version: 6.0.0
Provided By: Alkacon Software
License: GNU Lesser General Public License
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Download OpenCms

  • OpenCms 17 gives content managers the new app "Date search" to find content that has been changed in a certain time range. The "Websites" app allows to easily export the content of a complete site for archiving. An option has been added to hide "sensitive" content in the Offline project. The default Mercury template has been further improved, e.g. with SEO optimized job postings, a "spacer" function and marker clusters for maps. OpenCms 17 has also been tested and certified using Java 17 LTS and 21 LTS.
    Size:240154KB

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Upgrade OpenCms

  • Update your existing OpenCms installation to the current stable version 17 with the easy to use upgrade wizard.
    Size:196627KB

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Take the guided tour

Try the OpenCms Live Demo