Many times our clients gives the list of web applications or websites which they like or there competitors. We need to check that websites and we want to How to check which CMS is used for web application and technologies they used in there website for development
How to check which CMS is used for web application
There is very nice firefox plugin available which will tell us about all application and script or CMS which are are used in any website. This firefox plugin is useful for every developer.
Wappalyzer
Wappalyzer is an add-on for Firefox that uncovers the technologies used on websites. It detects CMS and e-commerce systems, message boards, JavaScript frameworks, hosting panels, analytics tools and several more.
Wappalyzer will be able to detect following application. Full list of application you will find here.
http://wappalyzer.com/about/#list
When you install this plugin and restart the browser. you are able to see the information about CMS or application which you are using.
In end of firefox address bar you can see the cms and application icons which is used in your website.
I specially like this firefox plugin. This is very useful for doing the homework of any website.
Great trick for checking the cms through Firefox.
I hope the plugins is developed for opera too since I am a opera user.
the best and most comprehensive i have seen and using is the site
http://w3techs.com/sites
beside giving the platform it gives alexa ranking, the media used such as picture types (jpg, gif, …), country information etc