Refinery CMS, or RefineryCMS, often shortened to Refinery, is an open source content management system written in Ruby as a Ruby on Rails web application with jQuery used as the JavaScript library. Refinery CMS supports Rails 4 and 5.
Refinery CMS, often shortened to Refinery, is an open source content management system written in Ruby as a Ruby on Rails web application with jQuery used as the JavaScript library. Refinery supports Rails 5.1+.
Refinery differs from similar products by targeting a non-technical end user and allowing the developer to create a flexible website rapidly by staying as close as possible to the conventions of the Ruby on Rails framework.
Refinery started as a closed sourced project at Resolve Digital in 2004 and went on to be released as open source software under the MIT License on the 28th May 2009. Since then it has gained popularity and is now a popular Ruby on Rails CMS with more than 70 contributors and an active community extending the application with engines and themes.
Features:
- Engine architecture
- WYSIWYG content editing
- Localisation (currently supports 10 languages)
- Page management
- Image and File management
- Contact form and inquiry management
- Search engine optimization (SEO)