Ghost Alternatives

Apps similar to Ghost include WordPress, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Drupal, Blogger, Bear Blog and Publii. CMS Tools like Ghost are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for the web, self-hosting, Windows, Linux and Mac.

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  1.  2 likes

    Radiant CMS Ruby on Rails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Moopato Website Builder is an Offline Content Management System (CMS). It runs on your local machine and not on a server. You create your content locally, build the whole site with the push of a button and then you can upload it to your hosting provider.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  3.  1 like

    PieCrust is a static website generator and lightweight CMS that’s all managed with text files. No complex setup, databases, or administrative panels. Simple, beautiful, and yummy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • PHP
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  4. jQuery micro framework for HTML editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
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  5. Webvanta icon
     2 likes

    Webvanta hosted Web 2.0 CMS for web designers enables you to build database-driven dynamic websites and CMS designs with no server programming.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Mobsyte icon
     13 likes

    Create website with awesome templates to help you with customer engagement. You start your website first for mobile and it looks great in your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Deploy simple drag-and-drop sites with a fully provisioned infrastructure (AI SEO editor, hosting, security, auth, etc.).

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Metaphore icon
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    Story as Code. Public Collections of Metaphor our Freestyler accross the world. Gain knowledge with unusual perspective from our Punk members.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Staticman icon
     3 likes

    Static sites with superpowers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  10. BlazeBlogger icon
     4 likes

    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...

    118 BlazeBlogger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Biskuit CMS icon
     2 likes

    Bis[ku]it is a modular and lightweight CMS built with Symfony components and Vue.js, a renaissance of Pagekit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. kewt icon
     1 like

    A POSIX-compliant SSG.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
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