Publii
A safe, fast and stylish flat file/ static blog website builder.
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- jasonbrown1965 reviewed PubliiEven with fast net, uploading/updating a web site through an online app is much slower than doing the same thing in an offline app
Easy to use, works on every web hoster without a database.
There are a lot of easy to use content management systems that work without a database, so this is nothing special. And what should be the advantage of a CMS that runs on your local PC and you have to upload every change you make?
Reply written 5 months ago
Great idea to manage your websites from your PC!
Even with fast net, uploading/updating a web site through an online app is much slower than doing the same thing in an offline app
It's an excellent, straightforward app for creating a static website. It's very easy to use and was a good choice to use for my Rpi nginx site.
it's one of the most beautiful and most user friendly software under GPL license.
It has limitations but also advantages over WordPress and similar CMS solutions.
Limitations, in deed. From version 0.36.0 to 0.38.1, there seems to have been some change of the structure. Anyway, after fresh install, I could not open my custom theme, all the posts were gone and so on. Fortunately, I had a recent upload to my server. Is that what you call user-friendlyness?
And what should be the advantages over a more popular CMS? You did not name one of them.
Reply written 5 months ago
No SSL/TLS (FTPS) connection possible in v.0.36.0 (build 13213) beta, only FTP and SFTP. So I cannot upload to the server from within Publii.
Publii is a desktop based CMS, for Linux, Mac and Windows. It has several themes and a Wordpress Importer. You can do all kinds of websites and blogs, without uploading software to a server and without needing a Database. It supports WYSIWYG, writing in blocks or a markdown editor. Choose which you want to use. It is just a checkbox.
There is nothing similar on the market, which runs on all three big platforms. It is free and open source. It comes with a handful of useful themes. For some special-themes you have to pay. Costs are around 30 Euros. It is still in Beta state, but works fine. Even the pre-releases are stable and good to use for serious projects.
Some features are still missing, like contact forms and buttons. On the other hand, it has a tool to embed the newsletter account code. There are fields for ad and banner code. Also a complete cookie consent tool is implemented. No plugins needed. It is a real great software.
I made a landing page/ business site portal with that software. You also can upload the sites to google drive, Github and Netlify. It works on every modern webspace.
So before You pay a lot of money for marketing-suites or webdesign software, try Publii.
There are some alternatives, but these are limited to Mac or Windows.
The static site builders have a real comeback. For people who do not want to learn markdown language, Publii is also a Hugo Alternative.
[Edited by AndreasKandschur, May 24]