Movable Type AlternativesBlog Publishing & CMS Tools like Movable Type

Movable Type is described as 'Open source product and the foundation of the Movable Type platform, designed for developers and open source devotees. Movable Type contains the professional blogging and content management features that Movable Type has always been known for' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the business & commerce category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Movable Type for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Movable Type alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Movable Type are Ghost, Directus, DEV Community and Known.

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  1. WordPress icon

    WordPress

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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.

    104 WordPress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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    • WordPress is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Movable Type.

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

    • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceMovable Type is Paid and Proprietary
    • WordPress is CustomizableMovable Type is not according to our users
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    Ghost

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

    271 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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    Directus

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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.

    216 Directus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

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

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    DEV Community

     30 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  7. Known icon

    Known

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    Known is a simple platform for publishing words, pictures, podcasts and more to a site that you control. Choose to share it on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, or extend it to integrate with the software you already use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • MongoDB
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Node.JS
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    • Apostrophe CMS is the most popular SaaS alternative to Movable Type.

    • Apostrophe CMS is Free and Open SourceMovable Type is Paid and Proprietary
    • Apostrophe CMS is CustomizableMovable Type is not according to our users
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    OverBlog

     7 likes
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Lavalite

     6 likes
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    LavaLite is an open source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and Laravel web application framework. It currently supports MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB and PostgreSQL for the database backend.

    248 Lavalite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Home page
     
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    Umbraco

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    Umbraco is a fully-featured open source content management system with the flexibility to run anything from small campaign or brochure sites right through to complex applications for Fortune 500's and some of the largest media sites in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
     
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