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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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Docusaurus

Docusaurus is an open-source static site generator developed by Meta. It leverages React and Markdown to produce profess...

Open Source React Documentation Static Site Generator

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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Eleventy

Eleventy is an open source static site generator utilizing JavaScript. It’s notable for its flexibility and speed in bui...

Open Source Javascript Jamstack Static Site

8.8 Great

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Ghost (Self-Hosted)

Ghost (Self Hosted) is an open source publishing platform built on Node.js. It provides a focused environment for creati...

Blogging Open Source Publishing Node

8.6 Great

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VitePress

VitePress is an open source static site generator designed for creating fast, modern websites using Markdown and Vue com...

Open Source Vue Static Site Generator Vite

8.6 Great

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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

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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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MkDocs

MkDocs is an open-source static site generator written in Python. It facilitates the creation of documentation websites...

Open Source Python Markdown Static Site Generator

8.3 Great

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Medusa

Medusa is an open-source headless ecommerce platform built for Ghost CMS. It provides a flexible backend utilizing NodeJ...

Headless Ecommerce Open Source Developer

8.3 Great

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Ghost Pro

Ghost Pro represents the advanced tier of the Ghost platform, specifically for users heavily invested in paid content mo...

SAAS Minimalist Developer Friendly Simplicity

8.2 Great

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Forestry.io

Forestry.io is a headless CMS built on Ghost technology. It provides developers with a modular system for managing struc...

Modular Headless SAAS Headless CMS

8.2 Great

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Hexo

Hexo is an open-source static site generator written for Node.js and commonly used to build blogs from Markdown source f...

Open Source Blog Static Site Flat File

7.5 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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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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Airtable CMS

Airtable functions as a powerful, visual database that can be leveraged as a CMS for simple, structured content. Its spr...

No Code Flexible Intuitive Low Code

6.8 Fair

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Pelican

Pelican is a static site generator built for Jekyll, offering a streamlined workflow by automatically rebuilding your we...

Open Source Python Blog Static Site

6.7 Fair

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Decap CMS

Decap CMS is another excellent, open-source, Git-based CMS alternative, similar in philosophy to Netlify CMS. It offers...

Headless Modern Customizable Open Source

6.2 Fair

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Batr

Batr is a lightweight CMS specifically designed for building membership sites. It simplifies the process of managing sub...

Lightweight Modern Membership Intuitive

4.9 Poor