CMS.js AlternativesStatic Site Generators and other similar apps like CMS.js

CMS.js is described as 'Is fully client-side, Javascript site generator in the spirit of Jekyll that uses plain ol' HTML, CSS and Javascript to generate your website' and is a static site generator in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CMS.js for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux, Mac and Web-based apps. The best CMS.js alternative is Ghost. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Ghost or Jekyll. Other great apps like CMS.js are Grav, Gatsby, Zola and Pelican.

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

    271 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
    • Ghost is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to CMS.js.

    • Ghost is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CMS.js.

    • Ghost is Free Personal and Open SourceCMS.js is Free and Open Source
    • Ghost is Privacy focusedCMS.js is not according to our users
  2. Jekyll icon
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    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.

    129 Jekyll alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Jekyll is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CMS.js.

    • Jekyll is Free and Open SourceCMS.js is also Free and Open Source
  3. Hugo icon
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    Hugo is a general-purpose website framework for generating static web pages. Hugo flexibly works with many formats and is ideal for blogs, docs, portfolios and much more.

    103 Hugo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Grav icon
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    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.

    183 Grav alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  5. Gatsby icon
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    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 (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • React
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Gatsby is the most popular SaaS alternative to CMS.js.

    • Gatsby is Freemium and Open SourceCMS.js is Free and Open Source
  6. Zola icon
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    Everything you need to make a static site engine in one binary.

    48 Zola alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Pelican icon
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    Static site generator, written in Python, that requires no database or server-side logic

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  8. VuePress icon
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    VuePress is a static site generator that uses markdown. It allows users to create content like blogs and documentation. Originally designed for Vue.js documentation, it now serves a wider user base. It emphasizes simplicity, with a minimal setup and markdown-centered structure.

    89 VuePress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Vue.js
     
  9. Metalsmith icon
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    An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator for NodeJS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. postach.io icon
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    Postach.io helps you instantly create custom sites by converting your notes to blog posts and pages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Evernote
    • Dropbox
     
  11. Octopress icon
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    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.

    80 Octopress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Jekyll
     
  12. Flatpress icon
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    FlatPress is an open-source standard-compliant multi-lingual extensible blogging engine which does not require a DataBase Management System to work. You don’t need MySQL because FlatPress stores all of its content on text files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Softaculous
     
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