Monstra CMS Alternatives

Monstra CMS is described as 'Fast and small flat-file content management system written in PHP!' and is a CMS tool in the business & commerce category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Monstra CMS for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Linux, Windows and Mac apps. The best Monstra CMS alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Monstra CMS are Ghost, Drupal, Joomla and Grav.

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  1. Chyrp icon
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    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
     
  2. Backdrop CMS icon
     11 likes

    Backdrop CMS is a 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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Lavalite icon
     6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  4. Statamic icon
     10 likes

    Build powerful & dynamic websites without a database. An infinitely flexible, flat-file Content Management System.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. ExpressionEngine CMS is the most secure, flexible, extensible, and user friendly Open Source CMS on the planet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Flatpress icon
     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Softaculous
     
  7. Craft CMS icon
     16 likes

    Content management system built on Yii PHP Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Anymod icon
     6 likes

    Easily add CMS features to any website, on any platform.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Umbraco icon
     12 likes

    Umbraco is a fully-featured open source content management system with the flexibility to run anything from small campaign or brochure sites right through to complex applications for Fortune 500's and some of the largest media sites in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
     
  10. Bolt icon
     12 likes

    Bolt is a tool for Content Management, which strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible. It is quick to set up, easy to configure, uses elegant templates, and above all: It’s a joy to use. Bolt is created using modern open source libraries, and is best suited to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. blogstrap.py icon
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    blogstrap.py is a simple, no frills blog content management system powered by Twitter's Bootstrap and web.py. It features most things you would come to expect from a simple blogging platform. You can browse posts by category or subcategory, see recent posts, and mark...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  12. Batflat icon
     3 likes

    Bootstrap ready CMS for free. Just download and create kick-ass website in a few minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
    • SQLite
    • Bootstrap
     
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