Joomla AlternativesCMS & Blog Publishing Tools like Joomla

Joomla is described as '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' and is a very popular Blog Publishing tool in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Joomla for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Joomla alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Joomla are Ghost, Drupal, Grav and PrestaShop.

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  1. WordPress icon

    WordPress

     1694 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.

    152 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
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    WordPress vs Joomla Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    -3

    Wordpress is fully costumizable and you can add a lot of themes and extensions!

    • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceJoomla is Free and Open Source
    • WordPress is a Blog Publishing Joomla is a CMS Tool
    • WordPress is CustomizableJoomla is not according to our users
  2. Ghost icon

    Ghost

     263 likes

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

    289 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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  4. Drupal icon

    Drupal

     496 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.

    213 Drupal alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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    Drupal vs Joomla Comments
    gkruger
    Positive
    0

    Maybe the strongest tech community out there. Excellent security team. Configuration management makes life way easier and more productive. Pretty good at usability right out of the box. Layout Builder makes building sites so powerful and user friendly. Complex but super powerful. You can build anything...but not the best choice for small, simple sites... and many medium sites too.

    • Drupal is Free and Open SourceJoomla is also Free and Open Source
    • Drupal is CustomizableJoomla is not according to our users
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    Site.pro

    White label tool for hosting providers and site owners featuring multilingual editing in 40+ languages, website import, modern templates, responsive layouts, drag-and-drop editor, billing panel support, blog and store builder, an...

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  6. Grav icon

    Grav

     139 likes

    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.

    194 Grav alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    The dashboard
     
  8. PrestaShop icon

    PrestaShop

     83 likes

    PrestaShop is an open-source e-commerce free software powering nearly 200,000 online stores. are built using this software around the world. Translated into more than 60 languages.The success of PrestaShop software is thanks to countless hours by numerous contributors from...

    161 PrestaShop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  9. EmDash CMS icon

    EmDash CMS

     14 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Typescript
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    ProcessWire

     166 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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  11. Directus icon

    Directus

     34 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.

    226 Directus alternatives

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    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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    Wix.com

     66 likes

    Create fully customizable websites using a browser-based drag & drop interface with no downloads or programming required, thousands of editable templates, options for blogs and online stores, multimedia support, and direct online publishing for any use case.

    400 Wix.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Automad

     17 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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Dashboard
     
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    Textpattern

     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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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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