An AliothPress theme is a folder with a single required file, theme.css, plus a preview image for the theme gallery. There is no build step, no templating language to learn, and no code to write: the CMS renders the markup, and your stylesheet defines colors, typography, and atmosphere through CSS variables. The fastest way to build a theme is to copy one of the 15 built-in themes and make it yours.
Licensing for AliothPress plugins follows one simple rule: your CMS license covers everything free, and paid plugins bring their own key. Free plugins, community plugins, and plugins you build yourself never ask for a key; the license your installation already has is all they need. Commercial plugins sold as separate products include a license key with the purchase, and you activate it in one field on the
AliothPress supports installable plugins. A plugin adds new features to your site: its own admin pages, its own database tables, and its own translations. You install a plugin with one click from the built-in catalog or from a ZIP file, enable it, and the CMS handles the rest, including a safe automatic restart. When a new version of an installed plugin is released, the update appears right on the plugin card,
AliothPress supports installable plugins: self-contained folders of Python code that extend the CMS with new admin pages, public routes, database tables, and translations. Plugins can be sold as separate products with their own license keys, or written for free / personal use.
AliothPress is a self-hosted CMS built for multilingual websites. Every piece of content (posts, pages, forms, menus, newsletters, legal pages) can be created in one language and translated into any of the 31 supported languages, with full SEO, AEO, and hreflang support out of the box. Built with Python/Flask. Runs on SQLite or PostgreSQL. Installs in 5 minutes without touching a terminal.