Flextype AlternativesCMS & Blog Publishing Tools like Flextype

Flextype is described as 'The freedom of a headless CMS with the full functionality of a traditional CMS' and is a CMS tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Flextype for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best Flextype alternative is Grav, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Flextype are Automad, Bludit, ClassicPress and Statamic.

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  1. 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
     
    • Grav is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Flextype.

    • Grav is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Flextype.

    • Grav is Free and Open SourceFlextype is also Free and Open Source
  2. Automad icon
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    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.

    84 Automad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  3. Bludit icon
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    Bludit is a web application to build your own website or blog in seconds, it's completely free and open source. A PRO version is available for those who want to support the software developer. The software seems almost the same between the versions.

    38 Bludit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
    • Bludit is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Flextype.

    • Bludit is Freemium and Open SourceFlextype is Free and Open Source
  4. ClassicPress icon
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    ClassicPress is a community-led open source content management system and a fork of WordPress that preserves the TinyMCE classic editor as the default option, which means there is no Gutenberg (block) editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Statamic icon
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    Build powerful & dynamic websites without a database. An infinitely flexible, flat-file Content Management System.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Statamic is the most popular Web-based alternative to Flextype.

    • Statamic is Freemium and Open SourceFlextype is Free and Open Source
  6. 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
     
  7. Monstra CMS icon
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    Fast and small flat-file content management system written in PHP!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Pulse CMS icon
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    Pulse CMS is the easiest way to build and deploy a responsive, content managed website. Since it's a flat file CMS there is no complicated database setup, just copy it to your server and go.

    42 Pulse CMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Pulse CMS is the most popular commercial alternative to Flextype.

    • Pulse CMS is Paid and ProprietaryFlextype is Free and Open Source
  9. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. 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
     
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    The FlatSiteBuilder is a very easy to use content management system and content creation tool running as a desktop application. You are able to build web content which you can host on github pages for free or any other web space provider.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Quanta CMS icon
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    Quanta is an open source, PHP-based Content Management System that doesn't use a database, thought for the development of next-generation web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PHP
    • jQuery
     
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