Contentful AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as Blog Publishing Tools

The best open source Blog Publishing alternative to Contentful is WordPress. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Contentful and four of them are open source Blog Publishing Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Blog Publishing Tool alternatives to Contentful are Cockpit, Tina CMS and Mixcore CMS.

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    WordPress

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    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.

    95 WordPress alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Self-deployment
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Web-Based
    4.  Content Management
    5.  Hostable
    6.  Ecommerce Integration
    7.  Multi-Site Management
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Headless CMS
    10.  Dockerized
    11. Google Plus icon  Google Plus integration
    12. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration
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    Ola Johansson

    It's maybe not famous for being a headless CMS but it definitely can be a headless CMS. So i think its a valid alternative.

    Top positive comment •Apr 11, 2021
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    mackenziecarr

    It's not a headless CMS that has headless as a defining or specialized feature.

    Top negative comment •Feb 1, 2024
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    Guest

    not for large websites with thousands of pages. Wordpress is good for small websites or blogs

    Negative comment •Nov 6, 2020
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    • This alternative is disputed. WordPress is a legitimate Contentful alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • WordPress is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Contentful.

    • WordPress is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Contentful.

    • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceContentful is Paid and Proprietary
    • WordPress is CustomizableContentful is not according to our users
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    Cockpit

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    Cockpit was born out of the need of building a simple dynamic site. Sure, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal and all the other full-stack content management systems are possible solutions for that task ... but let's be honest, often they are just too bloated and too time consuming to...

    54 Cockpit alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • SQLite

    Cockpit Features

    1.  Headless CMS
    2.  Token-based auth
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    Guest

    Cockpit is also a headless api-driven CMS.

    Positive comment •Sep 28, 2017
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    • Almost everyone thinks Cockpit is a great Contentful alternative.

    • Cockpit is Free and Open SourceContentful is Paid and Proprietary
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    Tina CMS

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    A fully open-source headless CMS that supports Git and Visual Editing.

    58 Tina CMS alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Tina CMS Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2. Git icon  Git Support
    3.  Visual Editing
    4. Git icon  Git integration
    5.  Headless CMS
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    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.

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    Mixcore CMS

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    💮 Mixcore CMS is an open-source modular, multi-tenant application framework built on top of ASP.NET Core (Dotnet Core). It is a completed open source ASP.NET Core (Dotnet Core) CMS solution. https://mixcore.org.

    331 Mixcore CMS alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Mixcore CMS Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  Content Management
    3.  Publishing
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