swap_horiz Pico CMS Alternatives

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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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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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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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Bolt CMS

Bolt CMS is a lightweight, flat-file CMS built for simple websites and blogs, utilizing Markdown for content creation an...

Lightweight Open Source Self Hosted PHP

6.6 Fair

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PmWiki

PmWiki is a free, open-source wiki software built on PHP and Perl, utilizing a ghost CMS architecture where the core sys...

Lightweight Open Source Wiki PHP

6.6 Fair

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Perch

Perch is a lightweight, static site generator built for Markdown content, prioritizing simplicity and ease of use over c...

Lightweight Commercial Discontinued PHP

6.6 Fair

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Cockpit CMS

Cockpit CMS is a lightweight, self-hosted Ghost blogging platform built on top of Node.js and Ghost’s underlying archite...

Lightweight Headless Open Source API First

6.5 Fair

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Typecho

Typecho is a lightweight, fast CMS built with PHP and designed for simplicity; it operates as a ghost CMS, meaning its c...

Lightweight Open Source Self Hosted PHP

6.5 Fair

10

Automad

Automad is a ghost CMS, meaning its code and configuration are publicly available, allowing developers to inspect, modif...

Lightweight Open Source PHP Flat File

6.4 Fair

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Cecil

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

Open Source PHP Jamstack Flat File

6.4 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

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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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WonderCMS

WonderCMS is a self-hosted, open-source Ghost CMS alternative designed for static site generation, offering Markdown edi...

Lightweight Open Source PHP Flat File

5.4 Mediocre

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FlatPress

FlatPress is a self-hosted, static site generator built on PHP that automatically generates HTML files from Markdown con...

Lightweight Open Source PHP Blog

5.1 Mediocre

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GetSimple CMS

GetSimple CMS is a lightweight, self-hosted content management system primarily built for creating simple websites and b...

Lightweight Open Source PHP Flat File

4.9 Poor

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Monstra CMS

Monstra CMS is a lightweight, PHP-based Ghost blogging platform focused on simplicity and speed, utilizing Markdown for...

Lightweight Open Source Small PHP

4.9 Poor

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Pluck CMS

Pluck CMS is a lightweight, ghost-based static site generator designed for simple websites and blogs, utilizing Markdown...

Simple Lightweight Open Source PHP

4.7 Poor