ButterCMS AlternativesBlog Publishing & CMS Tools like ButterCMS

ButterCMS is described as 'Butter is a headless CMS and Blog Engine built for developers. Add to your app in minutes' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ButterCMS for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Linux and Windows apps. The best ButterCMS alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ButterCMS are Ghost, Jekyll, Grav and Strapi.

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  1. WordPress icon

    WordPress

     1664 likes

    Create a website or blog with open-source software focused on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security. Minimal setup, powerful growth features, and a large community supporting democratization of publishing.

    106 WordPress alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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    This is NOT even close. Completely different product. ButterCMS is HEADLESS CMS unlike WordPress

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    • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceButterCMS is Paid and Proprietary
    • WordPress is CustomizableButterCMS is not according to our users
  2. Ghost icon

    Ghost

     251 likes

    The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.

    271 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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  4. Jekyll icon

    Jekyll

     126 likes

    Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server.

    129 Jekyll alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    WordPress

    Create a website or blog with open-source software focused on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security. Minimal setup, powerful growth features, and a large community supporting democratization of publishing.

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  6. Grav icon

    Grav

     136 likes

    Grav is an easy to use, yet powerful, opensource CMS that requires no database. In a nutshell, installing Grav is a matter of unzipping the file. It is fast, has sophisticated caching, and a light footprint for optimal performance.

    183 Grav alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  7. Strapi icon

    Strapi

     39 likes

    Strapi enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use their favorite tools. Content teams use Strapi to autonomously manage all types of content and distribute it from one CMS to any channel be it...

    80 Strapi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    Content types builder
     
  8. DEV Community icon

    DEV Community

     30 likes

    Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. It is an online community for sharing and discovering great ideas, having debates, and making friends. Anyone can share articles, questions, discussions, etc. as long as they have the rights to the words they are sharing.

    293 DEV Community alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  10. Alinea CMS icon

    Alinea CMS

     4 likes

    Open source headless CMS with minimal setup. Alinea CMS is a feature rich Git based CMS with a focus on user and developer experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Gatsby icon

    Gatsby

     17 likes

    Gatsby provides development teams an open source frontend framework for creating dynamic, optimized websites and a cloud platform for delivering them on a blazing fast edge network.

    105 Gatsby alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  12. Wagtail CMS icon

    Wagtail CMS

     11 likes

    Wagtail is a content management system built on Django. It's focused on user experience, and offers precise control for designers and developers.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Django
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  13. Markdown Ninja icon

    Markdown Ninja

     4 likes

    Markdown Ninja is the easiest way to publish Markdown-based websites and newsletters. The days of hacking a static site generator, a broken theme, a complex CI/CD pipeline and a cloud platform with unlimited billing to publish a website are long gone!

    54 Markdown Ninja alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  14. Cockpit icon

    Cockpit

     18 likes

    Cockpit was born out of the need of building a simple dynamic site. Sure, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal and all the other full-stack content management systems are possible solutions for that task ... but let's be honest, often they are just too bloated and too time consuming to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • SQLite
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  15. Pelican icon

    Pelican

     25 likes

    Static site generator, written in Python, that requires no database or server-side logic

    Cost / License

    Application type

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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