Alchemy CMS

Alchemy CMS
DevelopersThomas von Deyen, Robin Böning, Martin Meyerhoff
ReleaseJune 2010 (2010-06)
Stable release
7.4.8[1] / 2025-08-15[±]
Written inRuby
PlatformRuby on Rails
Available inDeutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Русский
TypeContent management system
LicenseBSD License
Websitealchemy-cms.com
Repository

Alchemy CMS, or just Alchemy, is a free and open-source content management system written on top of the Ruby on Rails web application framework. It is released under the BSD license and the code is available on GitHub. It comes as a mountable engine and is packaged as a Ruby gem.[2]

History

In 2007, the project started as a closed-source program and was called 'washAPP'.[3] In June 2010 the software was open sourced under the name Alchemy CMS by Thomas von Deyen. Since Alchemy CMS is a Ruby Gem it gets released on the rubygems.org platform.[4][3]

Features

  • Templating system[5]
  • Multilingual websites[2]
  • Multisite management[2]
  • User access control[5]
  • Fulltext search engine[4]
  • Contact forms[5]
  • Downloadable attachments[6]
  • Image processing[4]
  • Extendable Through Rails engines[5]
  • Template caching[5]
  • Admin interface for resource controllers[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Alchemy CMS Releases". github.com. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms, AlchemyCMS - A Rails CMS Framework, 2020-07-20, retrieved 2020-07-23
  3. 1 2 "The past, present and future of Alchemy CMS". DEV Community. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  4. 1 2 3 "Alchemy CMS". ionos Digital Guide. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Alchemy CMS - About". alchemy-cms.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  6. ↑ "Library | AlchemyCMS". guides.alchemy-cms.com. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
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