Craft CMS Alternatives

Craft CMS is described as 'Content management system built on Yii PHP Framework' and is a CMS tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Craft CMS for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Craft CMS alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Craft CMS are Ghost, Drupal, Blogger and Joomla.

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  1. Mataroa Blog icon
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    Blogging platform for minimalists.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. Pixpa icon
     21 likes

    A comprehensive platform aiding photographers, designers, and artists to easily build portfolio websites, manage clients, sell products, and publish blogs without any coding. It offers a drag-and-drop interface, customizable themes, fast hosting, and affordable pricing, making online presence management effortless.

    322 Pixpa alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  3. Textpattern icon
     51 likes

    Textpattern is an elegant content management system that is free, open source software with privacy and separation of content/design at its foundation.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  4. MODX icon
     78 likes

    The MODX Digital Experience Platform gives you everything you need to build, host, and maintain amazing websites your way. Gain complete control over your creative vision without restriction or compromise.

    116 MODX alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
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    • PHP
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  5. spurtCMS icon
     6 likes

    Open-source CMS leveraging Golang for high performance; features decoupled modules for integration, inspired by major platforms, offering versatility for industries from ecommerce to events, ensuring flexibility, scalability, and bespoke solutions with community support.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  6. Cargo icon
     25 likes

    Cargo evolved out of the system that runs the SpaceCollective community. We found it remarkably successful and efficient in creating visual content on the web, placing a strong emphasis on design, layout, image quality and typography.

    82 Cargo alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Chyrp Lite icon
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    Chyrp Lite makes it possible to host a blog on your own web server with minimal fuss. You can have a traditional blog, a tumbleblog, or you can add oodles of customisation and build a web publishing platform with blogging features on the side.

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  8. Vvveb icon
     6 likes

    Powerful and easy to use CMS with page builder to build websites, blogs or ecommerce stores.

    223 Vvveb alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
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  9. Kirby icon
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    Installing Kirby means uploading some files to your server and that's it. Blog articles, galleries, simple pages or complex product sheets – with Kirby you are not limited to a fixed data structure. Kirby is file-based – No database involved.

    91 Kirby alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  10. 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!

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  11. Microweber icon
     43 likes

    Microweber is free and open source, drag and drop website builder and CMS based on Laravel / PHP framework and Bootstrap.

    40 Microweber alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  12. Use a free (and ad-free) blogging platform to publish your ideas, share them with the Community and the world.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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