Joomla Alternatives for PHP

There are many alternatives to Joomla for PHP if you are looking for a replacement. The best PHP alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Joomla and many of them are available for PHP so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting PHP alternatives to Joomla are Drupal, PrestaShop, ProcessWire and Textpattern.

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  1. WordPress icon
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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.

    128 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Cloudron
     
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  2. 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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  3. PrestaShop icon
     82 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...

    151 PrestaShop alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  4. 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.

    110 ProcessWire alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  5. 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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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  6. 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.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • PHP
     
  7. 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.

    88 Automad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  8. Microweber icon
     42 likes

    Microweber is free and open source, drag and drop website builder and CMS based on Laravel / PHP framework and Bootstrap.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  9. TYPO3 icon
     34 likes

    TYPO3 is an enterprise-class, open source CMS, used internationally to build and manage websites of all types, from small sites for non-profits to multilingual enterprise solutions for large corporations.

    121 TYPO3 alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  10. Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, web-based, multilingual (40+ languages), tightly integrated, all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware, Free Source Software (GNU/LGPL), using PHP + Smarty, MySQL, Zend Framework, jQuery and Bootstrap.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  11. October icon
     19 likes

    October is a self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. Thousands of digital studios and freelancers all over the world love October for its simplicity, flexibility and modern design. Their clients are happy, because October saves them both time and money.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Laravel
    • PHP
     
  12. 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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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