UserFrosting Alternatives

Apps similar to UserFrosting include WordPress, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Drupal, Joomla, Grav and Laravel. You can choose from more than 10 CMS Tools like UserFrosting for self-hosting, Linux, the web, Windows and Mac.

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  1. WordPress icon
     1700 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.

    160 WordPress alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
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  2. Drupal icon
     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.

    218 Drupal alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  3. Joomla icon
     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.

    220 Joomla alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • US flagUnited States
    Home Dashboard
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  4. Grav icon
     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.

    200 Grav alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • US flagUnited States
    The dashboard
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  5. Laravel icon
     94 likes

    Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.

    52 Laravel alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  6. Symfony icon
     61 likes

    Symfony is a set of reusable PHP components and a PHP framework to build web applications, APIs, microservices and web services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • PHP
    • BSD
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  7. DEV Community icon
     30 likes

    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.

    294 DEV Community alternatives

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    • Online
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  8. Zend Framework icon
     26 likes

    Extending the art & spirit of PHP, Zend Framework is based on simplicity, object-oriented best practices, corporate friendly licensing, and a rigorously tested agile codebase. Zend Framework is focused on building more secure, reliable, and modern Web 2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  9. OverBlog icon
     7 likes

    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.

    311 OverBlog alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  10. Yii Framework icon
     33 likes

    Yii is a high-performance component-based PHP framework best for Web 2.0 development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  11. Backdrop CMS icon
     11 likes

    Backdrop CMS is a simple, lightweight, and easy to use Content Management System used to build attractive, professional websites. Use it for everything from a single-administrator's personal blog site, to a complex, multi-role, business e-commerce platform.

    187 Backdrop CMS alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. BardCanvas icon
     2 likes

    BardCanvas is an Open Source CMS that fits perfectly for blogs/forums/social networks. It is fast (through several cache levels), heavily optimized (it wont collapse the server in high traffic conditions) and constantly improved.

    247 BardCanvas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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