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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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Eleventy

Eleventy is a static site generator built on Node.js that utilizes JavaScript templates for rapid content creation and d...

Open Source Javascript Jamstack Static Site

8.8 Great

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Ghost (Self-Hosted)

Ghost(Self Hosted) is an open-source, Node.js based CMS designed for building fast and secure websites and blogs, offeri...

Blogging Open Source Publishing Node

8.6 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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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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Builder.io

Builder.io is a visual website builder that operates as a “ghost CMS,” allowing users to design and manage websites with...

Headless SAAS API First Visual

8.2 Great

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GitBook

GitBook is a documentation platform built on top of Ghost CMS, offering a headless approach for creating and hosting tec...

SAAS Documentation Knowledge Base Git Based

8.1 Great

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Optimizely CMS

Optimizely CMS is a headless content management system that separates the presentation layer from the content repository...

Enterprise Commercial Dotnet Dxp

8.0 Great

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Bloomreach

Bloomreach provides a headless commerce platform enabling businesses to manage product content and digital experiences a...

Enterprise Ecommerce Commercial Java

7.9 Good

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Hexo

Hexo is a static site generator that uses Markdown files and templates to create websites, offering a fast and secure al...

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