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The best Web Server alternative to Ghost is Jekyll, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Ghost and many of them are Web Servers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Web Server alternatives to Ghost are ProcessWire, Textpattern, MODX and Habari.

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  1. Jekyll icon
     126 likes

    Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. ProcessWire icon
     164 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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    You can build everything with ProcessWire and still get blazing fast sites!

    • ProcessWire is Free and Open SourceGhost is Free Personal and Open Source
  3. 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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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  4. MODX icon
     77 likes

    The MODX Digital Experience Platform gives you everything you need to build, host, and maintain amazing websites your way. Gain complete control over your creative vision without restriction or compromise.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • PHP
     
  5. Habari icon
     16 likes

    Habari is next-generation blogging. Download Habari or try the demo and help our community design the future of blogs.

    Habari is different

    While there are a number of technical reasons that highlight the differences and advantages Habari has over other blogging packages, a majo.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Umbraco icon
     12 likes

    Umbraco is a fully-featured open source content management system with the flexibility to run anything from small campaign or brochure sites right through to complex applications for Fortune 500's and some of the largest media sites in the world.

    187 Umbraco alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
     
  7. b2evolution icon
     9 likes

    Free open-source platform supporting multiple blogs, forums, newsletters, photo galleries, structured content, permissions management, multi-language support, analytics, responsive design, WYSIWYG editor, and tools for creating community-driven or documentation sites.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Octopress icon
     19 likes

    Octopress is a framework designed by Brandon Mathis for Jekyll, the blog aware static site generator powering Github Pages. To start blogging with Jekyll, you have to write your own HTML templates, CSS, Javascripts and set up your configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Jekyll
     
  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. e107 icon
     23 likes

    e107 is a portal or content management system powered by PHP and MySQL that gives you a totally dynamic and professional website out of the box. Its simple wizard type install process will have you up and running in 5 minutes, and its...

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. BlogEngine.NET icon
     13 likes

    BlogEngine.NET is an open source .NET blogging project that was born out of desire for a better blog platform. A blog platform with less complexity, easy customization, and one that takes advantage of the latest .NET features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
     
  12. 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
     
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