Grav AlternativesOnly apps categorised as CMS Tools

The best CMS alternative to Grav is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Grav and loads of them are CMS Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting CMS Tool alternatives to Grav are Ghost, Drupal, Publii and Joomla.

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  1. WordPress icon
     1678 likes

    Create a website or blog with open-source software focused on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security. Minimal setup, powerful growth features, and a large community supporting democratization of publishing.

    128 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
     
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  2. Ghost icon
     259 likes

    The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.

    280 Ghost alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
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  3. Drupal icon
     494 likes

    Open source CMS with modular architecture, structured content support, and thousands of modules for extensibility. Offers custom themes, robust security, integration capabilities, starter distributions, active community support, and is free under the GPL license with no vendor lock-in.

    211 Drupal alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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  4. Publii icon
     50 likes

    Publii allows to you build, modify and manage an unlimited number of sites from the same app with instant switching; no databases or other credentials to remember.

    31 Publii alternatives

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    • Mac
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  5. Joomla icon
     353 likes

    Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular web site software available.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  6. EmDash CMS icon
     12 likes

    Full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro and Cloudflare featuring extensible architecture, sandboxed plugins in Worker isolates, WordPress migration, visual schema builder, role-based access, rich text editing, AI integration, media management, and open source deployment.

    53 EmDash CMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Typescript
     
  7. ProcessWire icon
     165 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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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  8. Directus icon
     33 likes

    Directus, with over 20 million downloads, is the world's first Open Data Platform. It can transform any SQL database into an API and a no-code application instantly, providing equal data and digital file asset management access to all team members.

    219 Directus alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
     
  9. Automad icon
     16 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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  10. Kirby icon
     15 likes

    Installing Kirby means uploading some files to your server and that's it. Blog articles, galleries, simple pages or complex product sheets – with Kirby you are not limited to a fixed data structure. Kirby is file-based – No database involved.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  11. Bludit icon
     17 likes

    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.

    39 Bludit alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  12. Kalmia icon
     2 likes

    Kalmia is a Go tool with a web interface for managing RsPress documentation. It supports multiple versions, multiple users, and includes a Markdown editor for easy edits.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
     
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