ExpressionEngine Alternatives

ExpressionEngine is described as 'CMS is the most secure, flexible, extensible, and user friendly Open Source CMS on the planet' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to ExpressionEngine, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best ExpressionEngine alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to ExpressionEngine are Tumblr, Ghost, Drupal and Joomla.

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  1. Rocketspark icon
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    Create a beautiful website with no design or IT skills using the Rocketspark website builder. Enjoyably easy DIY web editing and ecommerce. Great for Designers and Graphic designers, manage your clients with the Rocketspark Studio.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. CSZ CMS icon
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    CSZ CMS is an open source web application that allows to manage all content and settings on the websites. CSZ CMS was built on the basis of Codeigniter and design the structure of Bootstrap, this should make your website fully responsive with ease.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Pebble is a Java-based server blogging software such as MovableType and WordPress. It does not require a database, but rather stores the blog entries in plain files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Antville icon
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    Antville is an open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. It can easily host up to several thousands of sites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Dotclear icon
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    Dotclear is an open-source web publishing software created in 2002 by Olivier Meunier. A one mans project at first, Dotclear soon gathered a team comprising different personalities with various backgrounds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Laravel
    • PHP
     
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    Professional, secure, high quality business websites in 60 seconds with free website design and a 60-day money back guarantee.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Sitecake icon
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    If Wordpress is overkill for you, try Sitecake drag and drop editing. Edit static HTML or PHP websites. Database is not required.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Movable Type Pro is designed for bloggers, design and development firms, and small and medium-sized businesses, and has all of the features of Movable Type plus social networking features, custom fields for extending your content management system, and new Professional Templates...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. Sitefinity icon
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    Sitefinity is a Web Content Management System that leverages the .NET 4.0 development patterns familiar to Microsoft developers. Sitefinity provides a convenient drag and drop interface for creating commercial websites, community portals and intranets.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
     
  11. PhpSQLiteCMS icon
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    phpSQLiteCMS is a simple and lightweight open source web content management system (CMS) based on PHP and SQLite. It's licensed under the GNU General Public License.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Ionize icon
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    Ionize is a free professional multilingual and user-friendly PHP Content Management System (CMS) based on CodeIgniter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
     
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