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 Ghost, Tumblr, Drupal and Joomla.

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  1. croogo icon
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    Croogo is a free, open source, content management system for PHP, released under The MIT License. It is powered by CakePHP MVC framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. ArtgenCMS icon
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    Open source No Code headless CMS, which provides an easy way to manage not just your data but your application's logic as well.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Laravel
    • PHP
     
  4. Nucleus CMS icon
     3 likes

    maintenance of one or more webligs multiple authors runs on your own server drafts & future posts extensible through plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Readz icon
     7 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Sketch CMS icon
     3 likes

    Sketch is a PHP 5 CMS system built from the servers perspective. It aims for server speed and performance first. It has full support for customization and supports all the latest standards.

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    GALLERIES Each gallery supports light box fea.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Elefant CMS icon
     4 likes

    Refreshingly simple PHP content management system and web framework. Elefant is easy-to-use and straight-forward for all levels of users. Elefant is also secure, extremely fast, well-documented, and well-tested, making it an ideal platform for web developers to build on for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Mura icon
     2 likes

    Mura CMS is an open source CMS that is both powerful and easy to use. Mura CMS is perfect for marketing departments, CSS developers, and ColdFusion programmers alike.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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