Backdrop CMS Alternatives

Apps similar to Backdrop CMS include WordPress, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Ghost, Drupal, Blogger and Publii. You're spoiled for choice with CMS Tools like Backdrop CMS: we list more than 100 alternatives for self-hosting, Windows, Linux, the web and Mac.

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  1. ORCHID icon
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    ORCHID is a tool that allows you to quickly write simple but powerful websites and applications. Provided as a package for Laravel, you can easily integrate it as a third-party component using Composer.

    279 ORCHID alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Laravel
    • PHP
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    Tinysite is an attempt to create minimalistic secure blog engine for running a darknet blog site. It has only some basic features yet, e.g. adding and displaying posts, categories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Hotspot JVM
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  3. razorCMS icon
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    razorCMS is a File Based Content Management System. This means it helps you to build a website without the means of a database backend. All data in razorCMS is stored in flat files, and uses a "database" engine called razorDB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Nucleus CMS icon
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    maintenance of one or more webligs multiple authors runs on your own server drafts & future posts extensible through plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. BlazeBlogger icon
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    BlazeBlogger is a simple to use but capable CMS for the command line. Being written in Perl as a cross-platform application, and producing static content without the need of database servers or server-side scripting, it is literally a CMS without boundaries suitable for a wide...

    118 BlazeBlogger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Sitecake icon
     5 likes

    A simple drag-and-drop CMS for static HTML and PHP websites. No database required. Just upload to your hosting and start editing. Perfect for small business websites, portfolios, and landing pages.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • NGINX
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  7. Biskuit CMS icon
     2 likes

    Bis[ku]it is a modular and lightweight CMS built with Symfony components and Vue.js, a renaissance of Pagekit.

    49 Biskuit CMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  8. 99ko CMS icon
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    99ko is a simple CMS, light and fast. It is multilingual (French & English by default) and it supports themes and plugins. 99ko uses no database, it stores your data in JSON format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Readz icon
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    Readz is a powerful and flexible browser-based CMS for building and managing responsive websites. Forget plugins and extensions. Readz comes fully equipped with all of the design, marketing, high-speed architecture, and integration tools needed to create fully optimized pages in...

    148 Readz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Blades icon
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    Blades is made to do one job and do it well - generate HTML files from the provided content using the provided templates. Blades renders the whole site in milliseconds, possibly up to 10 times faster than other generators like Hugo.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. Perch icon
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    Perch is a lightweight PHP content management system ideally suited to smaller websites.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  12. Gridsome icon
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    Gridsome is a free & open source Vue JS powered framework for building websites & apps that are fast by default.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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