Textpattern AlternativesCMS & Blog Publishing Tools like Textpattern

Textpattern is described as 'Elegant content management system that is free, open source software with privacy and separation of content/design at its foundation' and is a popular CMS tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Textpattern for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Textpattern alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Textpattern are Ghost, Drupal, Joomla and Grav.

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  1. WordPress icon

    WordPress

     1693 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.

    146 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 is difficult to use, overly complex and quick to bloat in comparison with lightweight, fast and secure alternatives such as Textpattern.

    • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceTextpattern is Free and Open Source
    • WordPress is a Blog Publishing Textpattern is a CMS Tool
  2. Ghost icon

    Ghost

     263 likes

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

    285 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.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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    Drupal vs Textpattern Comments
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    Heavy going, complicated and slow compared to the simpler, clearer, lighter designs of CMS such as Textpattern

    • Drupal is Free and Open SourceTextpattern is also Free and Open Source
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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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    Joomla

     354 likes

    Joomla is an 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.

    215 Joomla alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Home Dashboard
     
  8. 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.

    193 Grav alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    The dashboard
     
  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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  10. ProcessWire icon

    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.

    223 Directus alternatives

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    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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  12. MODX icon

    MODX

     78 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.

    115 MODX alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • PHP
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    TYPO3

     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    A sample of a frontend webpage generated with TYPO3 but this framework can generate any kind of output, from an XML to a HTML page and obviously a full website and more.
     
  14. Known icon

    Known

     84 likes

    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
    Known screenshot 1
     
  15. SilverStripe icon

    SilverStripe

     59 likes

    SilverStripe is a free and open source Content Management System and Framework for creating, maintaining websites and web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    CMS assets view in SilverStripe 4
     
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