swap_horiz Backdrop CMS Alternatives

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MediaWiki

MediaWiki is an open source wiki software platform built using PHP. It’s notable for its collaborative editing capabilit...

Collaborative Open Source Self Hosted Wiki

8.9 Great

2

Wagtail

Wagtail is an open source content management system built with Python. It’s notable for its powerful content modeling fe...

Open Source Developer Python Traditional

8.5 Great

3

Kirby CMS

Kirby CMS is a PHP-based headless content management system designed primarily for developers. Its notable flexibility s...

Commercial Developer PHP Flat File

8.3 Great

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ProcessWire

ProcessWire is an open source ghost CMS built on PHP. It’s notable for its flexible API and minimalist core design, empo...

Open Source Flexible API Developer

8.1 Great

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Umbraco

Umbracio is a headless content management system that separates the presentation layer from the backend, allowing develo...

Enterprise Open Source Traditional Dotnet

7.8 Good

6

DokuWiki

DokuWiki is a lightweight, self-hosted wiki software utilizing plain text Markdown files for content storage and retriev...

Open Source Wiki PHP Flat File

7.8 Good

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Sylius

Sylius is an open-source e-commerce platform built on Symfony, offering a flexible and modular architecture ideal for de...

Headless Ecommerce Open Source PHP

7.8 Good

8

October CMS

October CMS is a PHP-based, open-source ghost-CMS framework designed for building dynamic websites and web applications...

Commercial Developer PHP Laravel

7.6 Good

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Grav CMS

Grav is a popular, lightweight, flat-file CMS built on PHP. Its key advantage is that it does not require a traditional...

Simple Secure Open Source Self Hosted

7.2 Good

10

TYPO3

TYPO3 is an open-source, German CMS known for its robust content management capabilities and highly configurable archite...

Enterprise Open Source European Traditional

7.1 Good

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Silverstripe CMS

Silverstripe CMS is an open-source, PHP-based content management system designed for developers who require granular con...

Enterprise Open Source Self Hosted Traditional

7.1 Good

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MODX

MODX is a highly flexible, open-source content management system known for its robust templating language and fine-grain...

Open Source Flexible Developer Traditional

7.1 Good

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Sulu

Sulu is a lightweight, static site generator built for speed and simplicity, utilizing Markdown and offering a minimal c...

Enterprise Open Source Traditional PHP

6.7 Fair

14

Microweber

Microweber is a lightweight, self-hosted Ghost CMS alternative built on PHP and MySQL, offering a simplified blogging pl...

Ecommerce Smb Open Source Drag Drop

6.5 Fair

15

ExpressionEngine

ExpressionEngine is a robust, PHP-based CMS known for its security features and granular content management capabilities...

Self Hosted Flexible Commercial Traditional

6.4 Fair

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Contao

Contao is a PHP-based CMS known for its rapid development and extensive feature set, yet it’s largely undocumented and u...

Accessibility Open Source Self Hosted Traditional

6.4 Fair

17

Concrete CMS

Concrete CMS is a lightweight, PHP-based content management system designed for static site generation, offering a flexi...

Open Source Self Hosted Traditional PHP

6.3 Fair

18

ClassicPress

ClassicPress is a self-contained WordPress ghost CMS built on PHP and MySQL, offering a familiar interface and content e...

Open Source Self Hosted Traditional PHP

6.3 Fair

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Textpattern

Textpattern is a flexible, open-source CMS known for its robust content modeling capabilities and structured data handli...

Lightweight Open Source Traditional Publishing

6.2 Fair

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CMS Made Simple

CMS Made Simple is a free, open-source, PHP-based content management system known for its lightweight design and focus o...

Lightweight Open Source Self Hosted Traditional

5.9 Mediocre