swap_horiz Ghost (Self-Hosted) Alternatives

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Publii

Publii is a desktop static site generator that simplifies the process of creating high-performance websites. Its perfect...

Writing Easy To Use SEO Blogger

9.4 Excellent

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Prismic

Prismic is a powerful headless CMS designed for content-rich websites and digital experiences. Its unique 'Content Build...

Enterprise Responsive Design Javascript Headless CMS

9.0 Excellent

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WordPress (Self-Hosted)

The self-hosted WordPress setup remains the most powerful and flexible option available. With access to millions of them...

Versatile Community Open Source Scalability

8.9 Great

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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

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Tilda

Tilda is an open-source, headless CMS built on Node.js and React, primarily used for creating static websites and landin...

SAAS No Code Website Builder Publishing

7.9 Good

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Arc XP

Arc XP is a ghost CMS built on Node.js and MongoDB, designed for rapid development of dynamic websites and applications,...

Enterprise SAAS Publishing Media

7.6 Good

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Brightspot

Brightspot is a ghost CMS built on Node.js and React, designed for rapid prototyping and small to medium-sized websites,...

Enterprise Commercial Java Publishing

7.4 Good

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WriteFreely

WriteFreely is an open-source, minimalist blogging platform written in Go and designed for distraction-free writing. Unl...

Blogging Open Source Minimal Go

7.2 Good

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Tumblr

Tumblr is a decentralized social media platform built upon Software Freedom Action’s Ghost CMS, allowing independent ope...

Blogging Hosted Social Microblog

7.1 Good

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Nikola

Nikola is an open-source, headless CMS built on Symfony, designed for developers who require granular control over their...

Blogging Open Source Python Static Site

7.1 Good

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ApostropheCMS

ApostropheCMS is a headless CMS built on Node.js and MongoDB, designed for developers to create dynamic websites and web...

Open Source Self Hosted Developer Node

6.8 Fair

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Quintype

Quintype is a headless CMS that delivers content through APIs to various platforms and applications, primarily focusing...

Headless SAAS Publishing Media

6.8 Fair

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Webiny

Webiny is a ghost-based CMS framework designed for rapid website development, offering a pre-built structure and compone...

Headless Open Source Serverless Node

6.6 Fair

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Dotclear

Dotclear is an open-source, self-hosted content management system primarily written in PHP and Perl, known for its relia...

Classic French Blogging Open Source

6.6 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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SPIP

SPIP is a free and open-source content management system primarily designed for journalists and writers, utilizing a uni...

French Open Source Self Hosted Publishing

6.1 Fair

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Bludit

Bludit is a lightweight, self-hosted Ghost CMS alternative that operates entirely within your web server’s file system,...

Blogging Open Source PHP Flat File

5.8 Mediocre

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HTMLy

HTMLy is a ghost CMS – a system that presents itself as a traditional website backend but operates entirely within a bro...

Blogging Open Source PHP Flat File

5.7 Mediocre

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Anchor CMS

Anchor CMS is a headless content management system built on Node.js and MongoDB, designed for developers to deliver stru...

Lightweight Blogging Open Source PHP

5.5 Mediocre

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Movable Type

Movable Type is a self-hosted, open-source content management system originally developed in 1996, notable for its use o...

Blogging Traditional Publishing Perl

5.4 Mediocre