Octopress AlternativesBlog Publishing Tools & Website Builders like Octopress

Octopress has been discontinued. Similar apps include WordPress, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Ghost, Blogger, Jekyll and Grav. You're spoiled for choice with CMS Tools like Octopress: we list more than 50 alternatives for self-hosting, the web, Windows, Linux and Mac.

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  1. WordPress icon
     1704 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.

    173 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
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  2. Ghost icon
     266 likes

    The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.

    298 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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    Ghost screenshot 1
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  3. Blogger icon
     228 likes

    Publish blogs with free hosting on a customizable platform offering a choice of templates, flexible layouts, custom or blogspot.com domains, built-in analytics and AdSense monetization, unlimited storage for posts and images, and secure Google service integration.

    211 Blogger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • US flagUnited States
    Blogger screenshot 1
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  4. Jekyll icon
     127 likes

    Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Grav icon
     139 likes

    Grav is an easy to use, yet powerful, opensource CMS that requires no database. In a nutshell, installing Grav is a matter of unzipping the file. It is fast, has sophisticated caching, and a light footprint for optimal performance.

    202 Grav alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • US flagUnited States
    The dashboard
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  6. Directus icon
     34 likes

    Directus, with over 20 million downloads, is the world's first Open Data Platform. It can transform any SQL database into an API and a no-code application instantly, providing equal data and digital file asset management access to all team members.

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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  7. DEV Community icon
     30 likes

    Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. It is an online community for sharing and discovering great ideas, having debates, and making friends. Anyone can share articles, questions, discussions, etc. as long as they have the rights to the words they are sharing.

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  8. Known icon
     84 likes

    Known is a simple platform for publishing words, pictures, podcasts and more to a site that you control. Choose to share it on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, or extend it to integrate with the software you already use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • US flagUnited States
    Known screenshot 1
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  9. Mataroa Blog icon
     10 likes

    Blogging platform for minimalists.

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. spurtCMS icon
     6 likes

    Open-source CMS leveraging Golang for high performance; features decoupled modules for integration, inspired by major platforms, offering versatility for industries from ecommerce to events, ensuring flexibility, scalability, and bespoke solutions with community support.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  11. Gatsby icon
     17 likes

    Gatsby provides development teams an open source frontend framework for creating dynamic, optimized websites and a cloud platform for delivering them on a blazing fast edge network.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  12. FlatlyPage is a next-generation, self-hosted flat-file CMS engineered to build lightning-fast business and personal landing pages without heavy databases or bloated code. Created by the WebOrbiton team in Poland, it combines a lightweight architecture with an intuitive...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Source Available

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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