Pencilblue AlternativesCMS Tools and other similar apps like Pencilblue

Pencilblue is described as 'More than just a development framework, PencilBlue is a fully featured, content management platform, designed with enterprise grade websites in mind' and is a CMS tool in the business & commerce category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Pencilblue for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Pencilblue alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pencilblue are Ghost, Drupal, Joomla and DEV Community.

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  1. WordPress icon
     1699 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.

    154 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
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  2. Ghost icon
     263 likes

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

    291 Ghost alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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    Ghost screenshot 1
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  3. Drupal icon
     496 likes

    Open source CMS with modular architecture, structured content support, and thousands of modules for extensibility. Offers custom themes, robust security, integration capabilities, starter distributions, active community support, and is free under the GPL license with no vendor lock-in.

    214 Drupal alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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    Drupal screenshot 1
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  4. Joomla icon
     354 likes

    Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular web site software available.

    215 Joomla alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • US flagUnited States
    Home Dashboard
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  5. DEV Community icon
     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
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  6. Apostrophe CMS icon
     11 likes

    Apostrophe is a powerful website builder platform built on an enterprise open source CMS, offering in-context live editing, visual design tools, and multisite enablement in a full stack JS environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • MongoDB
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Node.JS
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  7. OverBlog icon
     7 likes

    OverBlog is a blogging platform, active and evolving. Create a blog, without any technical knowledge, and find everything you post ! Create your blog has never been easier.

    310 OverBlog alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
    • SQLite
    • Bootstrap
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  9. 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.

    245 Lavalite alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  10. Anymod icon
     6 likes

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

    175 Anymod alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    Dashboard
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  11. BardCanvas icon
     2 likes

    BardCanvas is an Open Source CMS that fits perfectly for blogs/forums/social networks. It is fast (through several cache levels), heavily optimized (it wont collapse the server in high traffic conditions) and constantly improved.

    247 BardCanvas alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. BlogMaker icon
     3 likes

    BlogMaker is a modern, no-code blogging platform built for creators, marketers, and businesses who want to grow their online presence. With a focus on speed, SEO, and simplicity, BlogMaker lets you launch and manage unlimited blogs under one subscription.

    364 BlogMaker alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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