EmDash CMS AlternativesOnly apps categorised as CMS Tools

The best CMS alternative to EmDash CMS is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to EmDash CMS and many of them are CMS Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting CMS Tool alternatives to EmDash CMS are Ghost, Drupal, Joomla and Grav.

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  1. WordPress icon
     1675 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.

    126 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Online
    • Android
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    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
     
  2. Ghost icon
     258 likes

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

    279 Ghost alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
  3. Drupal icon
     494 likes

    Open source CMS with modular architecture, structured content support, and thousands of modules for extensibility. Offers custom themes, robust security, integration capabilities, starter distributions, active community support, and is free under the GPL license with no vendor lock-in.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  4. Joomla icon
     353 likes

    Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular web site software available.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  5. Grav icon
     138 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  6. ProcessWire icon
     165 likes

    ProcessWire is a friendly and powerful open source CMS and CMF with an exceptionally strong foundation. With all custom fields, an easy-to-use jQuery-inspired API, and a powerful page selector engine, ProcessWire will rise to any task.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  7. Squarespace icon
     84 likes

    Site-building platform offering drag-and-drop customization, ecommerce tools, free domain for a year, and diverse templates, along with marketing and analytics tools. Provides reliable hosting, security, and 24/7 support.

    361 Squarespace alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Strapi icon
     39 likes

    Strapi enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use their favorite tools. Content teams use Strapi to autonomously manage all types of content and distribute it from one CMS to any channel be it...

    85 Strapi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Alinea CMS icon
     4 likes

    Open source headless CMS with minimal setup. Alinea CMS is a feature rich Git based CMS with a focus on user and developer experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
     
  10. Automad icon
     16 likes

    Automad is a file-based flat CMS and template engine. It is designed to be fully portable without any dependencies on databases or fixed locations and doesn't require any complicated setup process. All data gets stored in a human readable form.

    88 Automad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  11. Textpattern icon
     51 likes

    Textpattern is an elegant content management system that is free, open source software with privacy and separation of content/design at its foundation.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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