Content Management Systems are a computer application that allows publishing, editing and modifying content, organizing, deleting as well as maintenance from a central interface.Content Management Systems provide procedures to manage workflow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual steps or an automated cascade. Content Management Systems have been available since the late 1990s.

Content Management Systems are often used to run websites containing blogs, news, and shopping. Many corporate and marketing websites use Content Management Systems. Content Management Systems typically aim to avoid the need for hand coding, but may support it for specific elements or entire pages.