swap_horiz Middleman 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 a collaboratively edited, open-source wiki software platform primarily used to power Wikipedia and numerous...

Collaborative Open Source Self Hosted Wiki

8.9 Great

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VitePress

VitePress is a static site generator built on top of Vite that utilizes Markdown files and Vue components to create fast...

Open Source Vue Static Site Generator Vite

8.6 Great

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Wagtail

Wagtail is a free, open-source Python CMS known for its flexible content modeling capabilities and robust admin interfac...

Open Source Developer Python Traditional

8.5 Great

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Kirby CMS

Kirby CMS is a lightweight, headless content management system built on PHP, often deployed as a ghost-cms due to its mi...

Commercial Developer PHP Flat File

8.3 Great

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Medusa

Medusa is a ghost CMS, meaning it’s a fully functional WordPress website running entirely on a remote server without any...

Headless Ecommerce Open Source Developer

8.3 Great

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Zola

Zola is a lightweight, static site generator built for speed and simplicity, primarily utilizing Markdown files and offe...

Fast Open Source Rust Static Site Generator

7.9 Good

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Hashnode

Hashnode is a self-hosted blogging platform built on top of Jekyll and deployed via Netlify, offering developers a strai...

Headless SAAS Hosted Developer

7.9 Good

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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

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Lektor

Lektor is a ghost CMS, meaning its code is primarily written in JavaScript and dynamically generated rather than relying...

Open Source Developer Python Flat File

7.2 Good

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Spree Commerce

Spree Commerce is an open-source, Ruby on Rails e-commerce platform designed for developers seeking a highly customizabl...

Headless Ecommerce Open Source Ruby

7.2 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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Bridgetown

Bridgetown is a free, open-source static site generator built in Haskell, designed for creating simple websites and docu...

Open Source Developer Jamstack Ruby

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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Statiq

Statiq is a serverless CMS built on Node.js and MongoDB, designed for rapid development and deployment of dynamic websit...

Open Source Developer Csharp Dotnet

6.4 Fair

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Refinery CMS

Refinery CMS is a minimal, self-hosted content management system built on PHP and MySQL, primarily designed for static w...

Open Source Traditional Ruby Rails

5.5 Mediocre

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Symphony CMS

Symphony CMS is a free, open-source, PHP-based content management system designed for rapid website development and main...

Open Source Self Hosted Developer PHP

5.5 Mediocre