Grav Alternatives

Grav is described as 'Easy to use, yet powerful, opensource CMS that requires no database. In a nutshell, installing Grav matter of unzipping the file. It is fast, has sophisticated caching, and a light footprint for optimal performance' and is a very popular CMS tool in the business & commerce category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Grav for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Grav alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Grav are Ghost, Drupal, Jekyll and Hugo.

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  1. Flextype icon
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    The freedom of a headless CMS with the full functionality of a traditional CMS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. 99ko CMS icon
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    99ko is a simple CMS, light and fast. It is multilingual (French & English by default) and it supports themes and plugins. 99ko uses no database, it stores your data in JSON format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Jas CMS icon
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    Jas CMS is a free, small website engine written in Java, licensed under GNU GPL 3. It produces static content without the need of any databases or server-side scripting languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  4. DocPad icon
     5 likes

    DocPad is a dynamic static-site generator. That is a content management system that takes content from several sources, like files on your computer, and renders them into incredibly fast static output.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Nift icon
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    It's lightning fast, developed from the ground up in C++, and released for free under the MIT license, use it for any of your personal or commercial projects – just be sure to preserve copyright and license notices!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. 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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  7. MiddleMan icon
     2 likes

    Middleman is a static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development. Check out middlemanapp.com for detailed tutorials, including a getting started guide. You can also follow @middlemanapp for updates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Ruby
    • Ruby on Rails
     
  8. 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
     
  9. Craft CMS icon
     16 likes

    Content management system built on Yii PHP Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Nikola icon
     1 like

    Nikola is a static website and blog generator. Its original goal is to create blogs, but it supports most kind of sites and can be used as a CMS, as long as what you present to the user is your own content instead of something the user generates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. ORCHID icon
     4 likes

    ORCHID is a tool that allows you to quickly write simple but powerful websites and applications. Provided as a package for Laravel, you can easily integrate it as a third-party component using Composer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Laravel
    • PHP
     
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