BlogEngine.NET Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to BlogEngine.NET for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to BlogEngine.NET and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to BlogEngine.NET are Chyrp Lite, Portal CMS, Metalsmith and Octopress.

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  1. WordPress icon
     1679 likes

    Create a website or blog with open-source software focused on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security. Minimal setup, powerful growth features, and a large community supporting democratization of publishing.

    128 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
     
  2. Chyrp Lite icon
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    Chyrp Lite makes it possible to host a blog on your own web server with minimal fuss. You can have a traditional blog, a tumbleblog, or you can add oodles of customisation and build a web publishing platform with blogging features on the side.

    119 Chyrp Lite alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  3. Portal CMS icon
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    Portal CMS is a free and open source content management system with a powerful integrated page builder built in .NET MVC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Metalsmith icon
     2 likes

    An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator for NodeJS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Octopress icon
     19 likes

    Octopress is a framework designed by Brandon Mathis for Jekyll, the blog aware static site generator powering Github Pages. To start blogging with Jekyll, you have to write your own HTML templates, CSS, Javascripts and set up your configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Jekyll
     
  6. Chyrp icon
     16 likes

    Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is powered by PHP and has very powerful theme and extension engines, so you can personalize it however you want.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  7. Umbraco icon
     12 likes

    Umbraco is a fully-featured open source content management system with the flexibility to run anything from small campaign or brochure sites right through to complex applications for Fortune 500's and some of the largest media sites in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
     
  8. BardCanvas icon
     2 likes

    BardCanvas is an Open Source CMS that fits perfectly for blogs/forums/social networks. It is fast (through several cache levels), heavily optimized (it wont collapse the server in high traffic conditions) and constantly improved.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Hakyll icon
     7 likes

    Hakyll is a Haskell library for generating static sites, mostly aimed at small-to-medium sites and personal blogs. It is written in a very configurable way and uses an xmonad-like DSL for configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. DocPad icon
     5 likes

    DocPad is a dynamic static-site generator. That is a content management system that takes content from several sources, like files on your computer, and renders them into incredibly fast static output.

    112 DocPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. DNN icon
     2 likes

    DNN provides a suite of solutions for creating rich, rewarding online experiences for customers, partners and employees. In addition to our commercial CMS and social community solutions, DNN is the steward of the DotNetNuke Open Source Project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
     
  12. Pebble is a Java-based server blogging software such as MovableType and WordPress. It does not require a database, but rather stores the blog entries in plain files.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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