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Textpattern

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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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Platforms

  • Self-Hosted
  • PHP
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Support for Themes
  3.  Privacy focused
  4.  Customizable

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  3.  Live Preview
  4.  Content Management
  5.  Full-Text Search
  6.  Dark Mode
  7.  Support for MarkDown
  8.  No Tracking
  9.  Content Templates
  10.  Web-Based

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  • POX updated Textpattern
  • dozy-p reviewed Textpattern  

    I hate fluff and clutter. Textpattern is the only CMS that stays clean and simple no matter how complex the site (and I've built many). I've tried the main alternatives and they do not come close to the simple installation, simple updating, simple maintenance and simple way Textpattern works.

  • dozy-p liked Textpattern
  • TextpatternBloke reviewed Textpattern  

    I love Textpattern for its templating ability, with dynamic placeholder tags for displaying content. It makes maintaining and updating websites a breeze.

    Any CMS can "create a website" but very few allow you to make it lightning fast, streamlined, and maintainable from the outset. Textpattern can.

    The killer feature? Changing the design safely using live content, then pushing the changes to the public site in a couple of clicks when you're happy with them. No staging server. No fuss. It's...

  • TextpatternBloke updated Textpattern
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    TextpatternBloke added Textpattern as alternative to WordPress
  • TextpatternBloke liked Textpattern
  • Guest reviewed Textpattern  

    Simple, effective, fast!

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    POX added Textpattern as alternative to Markdown Ninja
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Top Positive Comment
Guest
2

Simple, effective, fast!

Review by a new / low-activity user.
Dozy P
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I hate fluff and clutter. Textpattern is the only CMS that stays clean and simple no matter how complex the site (and I've built many). I've tried the main alternatives and they do not come close to the simple installation, simple updating, simple maintenance and simple way Textpattern works.

Review by a new / low-activity user.
Stef Dawson
1

I love Textpattern for its templating ability, with dynamic placeholder tags for displaying content. It makes maintaining and updating websites a breeze.

Any CMS can "create a website" but very few allow you to make it lightning fast, streamlined, and maintainable from the outset. Textpattern can.

The killer feature? Changing the design safely using live content, then pushing the changes to the public site in a couple of clicks when you're happy with them. No staging server. No fuss. It's deceptively powerful, and the Internet's best kept secret for decades.

Review by a new / low-activity user.
Robert
2

Flexible and versatile CMS for websites of all types. Great security record. Very welcoming community.

TBayAreaPat
-2

Installation takes doing. I gave up.

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What is Textpattern?

Textpattern is an elegant content management system that is free, open source software with privacy and separation of content/design at its foundation.

Web designers, developers, publishers and bloggers love its flexibility and extensibility. It has a fast, powerful, sophisticated templating engine that can be infinitely tuned to suit whatever type of website you can imagine. It allows you to create solid, reliable and easily maintainable websites from the outset.

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Textpattern information

  • Developed by

    GB flagTeam Textpattern
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    77 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • German
    • French
    • Czech
    • Japanese
    • Estonian
    • Latvian
    • Dutch
    • Norwegian
    • Danish
    • Portuguese
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Polish
    • Slovene
    • Indonesian
    • Swedish
    • Icelandic
    • Russian
    • Arabic
    • Persian
    • Greek

Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about Textpattern, and it has gotten 51 likes

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