PieCrust AlternativesCMS Tools & Static Site Generators like PieCrust

PieCrust is described as 'Static website generator and lightweight CMS that’s all managed with text files. No complex setup, databases, or administrative panels. Simple, beautiful, and yummy' and is a CMS tool in the business & commerce category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PieCrust for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Mac apps. The best PieCrust alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PieCrust are Ghost, Jekyll, Grav and DEV Community.

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  1. WordPress icon
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    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.

    106 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
     
  2. Ghost icon
     251 likes

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

    271 Ghost alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
  3. Jekyll icon
     126 likes

    Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server.

    130 Jekyll alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  4. Grav icon
     136 likes

    Grav is an easy to use, yet powerful, opensource CMS that requires no database. In a nutshell, installing Grav is a matter of unzipping the file. It is fast, has sophisticated caching, and a light footprint for optimal performance.

    184 Grav alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  5. DEV Community icon
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    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
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  6. Automad icon
     15 likes

    Automad is a file-based flat CMS and template engine. It is designed to be fully portable without any dependencies on databases or fixed locations and doesn't require any complicated setup process. All data gets stored in a human readable form.

    85 Automad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  7. Gatsby icon
     17 likes

    Gatsby provides development teams an open source frontend framework for creating dynamic, optimized websites and a cloud platform for delivering them on a blazing fast edge network.

    105 Gatsby alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. 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.

    90 Kirby alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  9. Apostrophe CMS icon
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    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
     
  10. 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.

    313 OverBlog alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  11. GetSimple CMS icon
     18 likes

    GetSimple is an XML based lite Content Management System. To go along with its best-in-class user interface, we have loaded it with features that every website needs, but with nothing it doesn't. GetSimple is truly the simplest way to manage a small-business website.

    103 GetSimple CMS alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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  12. Portal CMS icon
     8 likes

    Portal CMS is a free and open source content management system with a powerful integrated page builder built in .NET MVC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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