ExpressionEngine Alternatives

ExpressionEngine is described as 'CMS is the most secure, flexible, extensible, and user friendly Open Source CMS on the planet' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to ExpressionEngine, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best ExpressionEngine alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to ExpressionEngine are Ghost, Tumblr, Drupal and Joomla.

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  1. liveSite icon
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    The enterprise website solution without the enterprise price tag. liveSite is a back-end website engine that can drive any front-end website design. It includes CMS, Blogging, eCommerce, Online Forms, Calendaring, and automated Email Campaign features all businesses and...

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. e107 icon
     23 likes

    e107 is a portal or content management system powered by PHP and MySQL that gives you a totally dynamic and professional website out of the box. Its simple wizard type install process will have you up and running in 5 minutes, and its...

    83 e107 alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Simvoly icon
     18 likes

    Simvoly is all-in-one platform with free hosting, amazing designs, a place to control your online identity. You don't need coding skills, one place to help you grow your business. You can create pages, blogs, galleries, sell online, collect emails and so much more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  4. CouchCMS icon
     10 likes

    With no knowledge of PHP required at all you can make any static web-page editable by your clients.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • PHP
     
  5. b2evolution icon
     9 likes

    Free open-source platform supporting multiple blogs, forums, newsletters, photo galleries, structured content, permissions management, multi-language support, analytics, responsive design, WYSIWYG editor, and tools for creating community-driven or documentation sites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. BlogEngine.NET icon
     13 likes

    BlogEngine.NET is an open source .NET blogging project that was born out of desire for a better blog platform. A blog platform with less complexity, easy customization, and one that takes advantage of the latest .NET features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
     
  7. Canvas icon
     5 likes

    Create your own blog with unparalleled speed and efficiency and share your stories with the world on a beautiful template that didn't take 67 plugins to create.

    25 Canvas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Laravel
    • PHP
     
  8. SPIP icon
     11 likes

    SPIP is a publishing system for the Internet in which great importance is attached to collaborative working, to multilingual environments, and to simplicity of use for web authors. It is free software, distributed under the GNU/GPL licence.

    105 SPIP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Automne icon
     21 likes

    Automne is an open-source and intuitive CMS. It works on LAMP architecture.

    Users can edit the websites in a WYSIWYG environment.

    Developpers can quickly add modules via the integrated app generator without necessary knowing PHP, just XML.

    Automne comes with a built-in validat.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  10. ZCMS icon
     9 likes

    ZCMS simplifies content management by offering an elegant user interface, simple user management and permissions. We keep the core CMS as light, fast and flexible as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Bootstrap CMS icon
     5 likes

    Modern, open source, fast and secure content management system based on Bootstrap 3 using the latest technology. CMS has been build from Scratch and uses the latest bootstrap framework, jQuery and technology like HTML5, CSS3, PHP5 and MySQL5.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Midnight icon
     4 likes

    Midnight provides a simple solution for getting setup with a Ghost powered blog in no time at all. We take care of all the hosting requirements so you don’t need to setup a server to install it on. We manage backups, security, updates, custom domains and more in addition to top...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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