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, Web-based and Mac 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 Blogger.

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  1. Berta CMS icon
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    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
     
  2. Lavalite icon
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    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.

    245 Lavalite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  3. HTMLy icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Softaculous
     
  4. Yellow is for people who make websites. It's a flat-file content management system. Everything is made of files and folders. You can create web pages, blogs, wikis. There's support for Dropbox, Markdown and static content generation.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. Statamic icon
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    Build powerful & dynamic websites without a database. An infinitely flexible, flat-file Content Management System.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. FuelPHP icon
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    Fuel is a simple, flexible, community driven PHP 5.3 web framework based on the best ideas of other frameworks with a fresh start and a design pattern in HMVC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. Ucraft icon
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    Drag-and-drop editor offers customizable templates, free cloud hosting, and responsive design. Suited for landing pages, portfolios, blogs, or stores, it features e-commerce, media support, third-party integrations, SEO tools, SSL, and collaboration tools.

    144 Ucraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Flatpress icon
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    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.

    110 Flatpress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Softaculous
     
  9. FAT-FREE is a powerful yet lightweight PHP 5.3+ Web development framework designed to help you build dynamic and robust applications - fast!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Craft CMS icon
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    Content management system built on Yii PHP Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. shokunin icon
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    A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator written in Rust 🦀.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Rust
     
  12. Keystatic icon
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    First-class CMS experience, TypeScript API, Markdown & YAML/JSON based, no DB.

    11 Keystatic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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