Habari AlternativesCMS & Blog Publishing Tools like Habari

Habari is described as 'Is next-generation blogging. Download Habari or try the demo and help our community design the future of blogs' and is a CMS tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Habari for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Habari alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Habari are Ghost, Drupal, Directus and DEV Community.

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Habari alternatives page was last updated Jun 3, 2020
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  1. WordPress icon

    WordPress

     1647 likes
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    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.

    96 WordPress alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    WordPress screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Self-deployment
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Web-Based
    4.  Content Management
    5.  Hostable
    6.  Ecommerce Integration
    7.  Multi-Site Management
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Headless CMS
    10.  Dockerized
    11. Google Plus icon  Google Plus integration
    12. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration

    WordPress VS Habari

     

    • WordPress is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Habari.

    • WordPress is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Habari.

    • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceHabari is Free and Open Source
    • WordPress is CustomizableHabari is not according to our users
  2. Ghost icon

    Ghost

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

    281 Ghost alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
    Ghost screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Publishing
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Real time collaboration
    5.  No Coding Required
    6.  Two-factor Authentication
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Live Preview
    10.  WYSIWYG Support
    11.  Fediverse
    12.  Intuitive Nodes

    Ghost VS Habari

     
  4. Drupal icon

    Drupal

     487 likes
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    Drupal is an open source platform for building amazing digital experiences. It's made by a dedicated community. Anyone can use it, and it will always be free.

    214 Drupal alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Drupal screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Modular System
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  Configuration Management
    5.  Layout Builder
    6.  WYSIWYG Support
    7.  Support for Bootstrap
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Data export/import
    10.  Modules

    Drupal VS Habari

     
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    WordPress icon
    WordPress

    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.

    https://wordpress.org
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  6. Directus icon

    Directus

     30 likes
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    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.

    218 Directus alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    Directus screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  WYSIWYG Support
    3. MySQL Community Edition icon  MySQL Support
    4.  REST API
    5.  No Coding Required
    6.  WYSIWYG HTML Editor
    7.  Portable
    8.  Import CSV Data
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Real time collaboration
    11.  Autocompletion
    12.  Ad-free

    Directus VS Habari

     
  7. DEV Community icon

    DEV Community

     28 likes
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    Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. It is an online community for sharing and discovering great ideas, having debates, and making friends. Anyone can share articles, questions, discussions, etc. as long as they have the rights to the words they are sharing.

    306 DEV Community alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown

    DEV Community VS Habari

     
  8. Apostrophe CMS icon

    Apostrophe CMS

     11 likes
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    Apostrophe is a powerful website builder platform built on an enterprise open source CMS, offering in-context live editing, visual design tools, and multisite enablement in a full stack JS environment.

    222 Apostrophe CMS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • MongoDB
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Node.JS
    Apostrophe CMS screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Headless CMS

    Apostrophe CMS VS Habari

     

    • Apostrophe CMS is the most popular SaaS alternative to Habari.

    • Apostrophe CMS is Free and Open SourceHabari is also Free and Open Source
  10. Chyrp Lite icon

    Chyrp Lite

     7 likes
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    Chyrp Lite makes it possible to host a blog on your own web server with minimal fuss. You can have a traditional blog, a tumbleblog, or you can add oodles of customisation and build a web publishing platform with blogging features on the side.

    126 Chyrp Lite alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Chyrp Lite screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Portable
    7.  Self-hosted
    8.  Content Management

    Chyrp Lite VS Habari

     
  11. OverBlog icon

    OverBlog

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    OverBlog is a blogging platform, active and evolving. Create a blog, without any technical knowledge, and find everything you post ! Create your blog has never been easier.

    327 OverBlog alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    OverBlog screenshot 1

    OverBlog VS Habari

     
  12. Portal CMS icon

    Portal CMS

     8 likes
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    Portal CMS is a free and open source content management system with a powerful integrated page builder built in .NET MVC.

    229 Portal CMS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    This GitHub repository has been archived in December 2020.

    Portal CMS Features

    1.  Page builder

    Portal CMS VS Habari

     
  13. ImpressPages CMS icon

    ImpressPages CMS

     87 likes
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    ImpressPages is a PHP framework with admin panel. A new MVC engine is under the hood so you can customize ImpressPages in no time. Write your own plugins and themes to suit your and customers’ needs best.

    148 ImpressPages CMS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Administration area: real browsable website with all tools needed on the top.
    Discontinued

    Its main repository https://github.com/impresspages/ImpressPages did not update since 2018. Website is unaccessable due to the certificate expired.

    ImpressPages CMS Features

    1.  Content Management

    ImpressPages CMS VS Habari

     
  14. Textpattern icon

    Textpattern

     49 likes
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    Textpattern is an elegant content management system that is free, open source software. Web designers, developers, publishers and bloggers love its flexibility and extensibility. It has a powerful, sophisticated engine that can be infinitely tuned to suit whatever type of web...

    82 Textpattern alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PHP

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Support for MarkDown
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Live Preview
    5.  Full-Text Search
    6.  Content Templates
    7.  Content Management
    8.  Web-Based

    Textpattern VS Habari

     
  15. Chyrp icon

    Chyrp

     16 likes
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    Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is powered by PHP and has very powerful theme and extension engines, so you can personalize it however you want.

    118 Chyrp alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Chyrps Website, using Chyrp as a backend
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.5.2, released in November 2014, and the sourcecode are still available on Github.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Chyrp VS Habari

     
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