Joomla Alternatives

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 CMS 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. Crossbill Cone is a self-hosted management system for a corporate portal, a knowledge base or a public website. Can be used as CMS or as a corporate Intranet portal.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. BlazeBlogger icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Navigate CMS icon
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    A powerful and intuitive content management system for everybody. The easiest way to keep your website updated. Companies - Update your corporate website effortlessly. Define user roles with permissions. Integrate your project with the social networks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  4. Apache Roller icon
     3 likes

    Apache Roller is a full-featured, multi-user and group-blog server suitable for blog sites large and small.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. Sitecake icon
     5 likes

    A simple drag-and-drop CMS for static HTML and PHP websites. No database required. Just upload to your hosting and start editing. Perfect for small business websites, portfolios, and landing pages.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • NGINX
     
  6. Pebble is a Java-based server blogging software such as MovableType and WordPress. It does not require a database, but rather stores the blog entries in plain files.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Aegea icon
     1 like

    Aegea is a beautiful blogging engine with front-end editing, beautiful typography, and easy-to-use media management.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. PHP-Nuke icon
     3 likes

    PHP-Nuke is a web-based automated news publishing and content management system based on PHP and MySQL originally written by Francisco Burzi. The system is controlled using a web-based user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. The FlatSiteBuilder is a very easy to use content management system and content creation tool running as a desktop application. You are able to build web content which you can host on github pages for free or any other web space provider.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Spaark icon
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    As a developer, building my portfolio was unexpectedly frustrating. Website builders didn't understand developer needs, building from scratch took too long, and even "developer-friendly" solutions required wrestling with configurations and templates.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Baun icon
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    A modern, lightweight, extensible CMS for PHP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Kado icon
     3 likes

    Build professional websites easily with Kado, a Node.JS NPM module backed by SQL based on a modular design and extensible framework, Kado caters to website creators of all skill levels.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
     
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