Backdrop CMS Alternatives

Backdrop CMS is described as 'Simple, lightweight, and easy to use Content Management System used to build attractive, professional websites. Use it for everything from a single-administrator's personal blog site, to a complex, multi-role, business e-commerce platform' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Backdrop CMS for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux, Mac and Web-based apps. The best Backdrop CMS alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Backdrop CMS are Ghost, Drupal, Jekyll and Joomla.

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  1. CMS Made Simple icon
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    CMS Made Simple - the open source content management system for the rest of us. CMS Made Simple helps experienced web developers and designers to create sites of power and beauty in a fraction of the normal time, avoiding hours of coding and allowing your clients to update their...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  2. Fork CMS icon
     36 likes

    Fork CMS is dedicated to creating a user friendly environment to build, monitor and update your website. We take great pride in being the Content Management System of choice for beginners and professionals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  3. Agile Toolkit icon
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    Agile Toolkit is a PHP framework for developing Web User Interfaces. Inspired by desktop GUI it provides a full object-oriented foundation for Business and Presentation logic of your web software. Agile Toolkit is notable for it's simple of use and development efficiency.

    37 Agile Toolkit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  4. CakePHP  icon
     20 likes

    CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP that provides an extensible architecture for developing, maintaining, and deploying applications. Using commonly known design patterns like MVC and ORM within the convention over configuration paradigm, CakePHP reduces development...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  5. Chyrp icon
     16 likes

    Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is powered by PHP and has very powerful theme and extension engines, so you can personalize it however you want.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  6. Redaxscript icon
     48 likes

    Redaxscript is a modern, ultra lightweight and rocket fast Content Management System for SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • PHP
     
  7. Lavalite icon
     6 likes

    LavaLite is an open source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and Laravel web application framework. It currently supports MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB and PostgreSQL for the database backend.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  8. ViUR.is icon
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    ViUR – the Information System for the Google App Engine™ plattform – is a »sandbox« for designers and developers. With the help of ViUR you can easy build web applications running on Google's infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. HTMLy icon
     4 likes

    HTMLy is an open source databaseless PHP blogging platform. A flat-file CMS that allows you to create a fast, secure, and powerful website or blog in seconds.

    11 HTMLy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Softaculous
     
  10. Berta CMS icon
     17 likes

    Berta is a simple website creation app. Build a portfolio or a website for your small business. Add a simple shop and sell your goods online. Download it or host your Berta website on our servers and don't worry about updates or backups.

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    • Online
     
  11. Statamic icon
     10 likes

    Build powerful & dynamic websites without a database. An infinitely flexible, flat-file Content Management System.

    79 Statamic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Flatpress icon
     5 likes

    FlatPress is an open-source standard-compliant multi-lingual extensible blogging engine which does not require a DataBase Management System to work. You don’t need MySQL because FlatPress stores all of its content on text files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Softaculous
     
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