Schedule, news, DJs, live chat, song requests, podcasts, everything included. Extensible through plugins, customizable through themes. No monthly fees, no license chain, no dependencies.
A full-featured CMS at the core, with a flexible plugin and theme system on top.
Weekly program with shows, DJs and announcements. Automatically shows the current on-air slot.
DJ profiles with bio, social media and dedicated login area for moderators.
Chat rooms with polls, emojis, moderation, DMs and word filter.
Listeners request songs, with voting, automatic forwarding to AutoDJ.
News system with multilingual articles, images and SEO-friendly URLs.
Host your own podcast episodes with descriptions and download links.
Extend the CMS via plugins, actions, filters, widgets. Errors are caught, nothing crashes.
Live preview of your homepage. Drag widgets from the sidebar into drop zones, reorder by mouse. Auto-save.
Two extra widget positions for narrow content like clocks, quote boxes, social icons or announcements.
Change your homepage title and subtitle per language (DE/EN) right from the admin, no code edits required.
Upload your own designs as ZIP. Uploads are strictly validated, no security holes.
Disable features you don't need. Or replace them with your own plugins.
German and English built-in. Additional languages via simple language files.
Fine-grained permissions, admin, DJ, moderator or create your own roles.
Native support for Icecast2 & SHOUTcast v1/v2. Now-playing, live DJ display, listener count.
Works with any standard web host, no root access required.
Unzip the archive, all files ready locally.
Copy via FTP to your webspace.
Open /install.php and follow the wizard.
Enter radio name, stream URL, done.
The Community Edition is and stays free. If you need something custom, it's available as a paid service.
I upload everything, configure the stream, create admin accounts.
Move from your old system (PHP-Fusion, phpBB, …) incl. data import.
Special features the Community Edition doesn't have yet.
Individual theme with your colors, logo, hero section.
Dedicated contact person when things break.
Key answers about RadioCMS Community Edition.
Yes. No subscription, no license fees, no trial tricks. The Community Edition is MIT licensed, source is open. Only optional services like installation, migration or custom plugins are paid on request.
PHP 8.1+ and MySQL/MariaDB are required. Apache or Nginx, whichever your host uses. No root access needed, runs on almost any shared plan. A stream source (Icecast2, SHOUTcast v1/v2) is recommended but not required to run the site itself.
A visual drag-and-drop editor in the admin area. A sidebar lists all available widgets, the main area shows a live preview of your homepage. Drag widgets between drop zones, reorder them by mouse, changes save automatically. No PHP editing needed.
Six zones on the homepage: top inside the hero, after the player, bottom above the footer, inside the footer, plus a left and right sidebar. And one on the admin dashboard. Narrow widgets like clocks or quotes fit nicely into the sidebars, wider content into the middle zones.
Yes, right in the admin under Settings. Title and subtitle can be set per language (German and English) individually. Leave empty to use the defaults from the language files.
Right inside the admin under Plugins, tab Community Browser. All approved hub uploads are listed there, one-click install. Every plugin and theme is reviewed manually before it goes live. You can upload your own after registering on the hub.
Yes. Under Settings you can toggle every core module individually. Schedule, DJs, news, chat, song requests, podcasts and more. You can also replace them entirely with your own plugins, the plugin system overrides core functionality.
Yes, built for it explicitly. Upload via FTP, open install.php, done. No command line, no runtime Composer dependencies, no Node.js.
Yes, at radio.dgnshop.com. Login credentials are visible directly on the login page, all features available to play with.
Free download, no sign-up required, no strings attached.