#1
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for blogs and websites with built-in newsletters, membership management, and paid subscriptions.
55.1k stars11.9k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
20 self-hosted WordPress.com alternatives
Hosted website and blogging platform by Automattic that provides site creation and management with WordPress themes and plugins, custom domains and hosting, content publishing, basic SEO, and e-commerce tools.
Alternatives to WordPress.com
#2
Halo is an open-source CMS and site builder with themes, plugins, an editor, backups, REST APIs, and optional AI extensions for content and knowledge sites.
39.6k stars10.3k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
WordPress is an open-source CMS for building and managing websites and blogs with themes, a block editor, and a large plugin ecosystem.
21.4k stars13k forkslast commit Actively maintained
#4
Wagtail is an open-source CMS built on Django and Python, offering an editor-friendly admin UI, flexible content modeling with StreamField, and optional headless APIs.
20.5k stars4.6k forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained
#5
Open-source flat-file CMS for PHP that uses Markdown, Twig templates and YAML configs with a package manager for fast, flexible sites.
15.7k stars1.4k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
WooCommerce is an open-source ecommerce platform for WordPress, enabling customizable online stores with products, checkout, payments, shipping, taxes, and extensions.
10.5k stars10.7k forkslast commit Actively maintained
#7
Open-source TypeScript eCommerce platform for building customizable online stores with React and GraphQL, including catalog, checkout, orders, and an admin dashboard.
10.4k stars2.4k forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Umbraco CMS is an open-source ASP.NET Core content management system with an editor-friendly backoffice, extensible architecture, and scalable deployment options.
5.2k stars2.9k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
WriteFreely is a clean, Markdown-based publishing platform for creating minimalist blogs and communities, with ActivityPub federation and low-resource Go deployment.
5.2k stars392 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#10
Joomla! is an open-source PHP CMS for building and managing websites with templates, extensions, multilingual support, and granular user permissions.
5.1k stars3.9k forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
Open-source full-stack CMS built with Node.js and MongoDB, featuring in-context visual editing and headless APIs for building modern websites and content apps.
4.6k stars646 forkslast commit Actively maintained
#12
Microweber is a drag-and-drop CMS and website builder for creating pages, blogs, and online stores with live editing, modules, and template-based design.
3.4k stars936 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
BroadcastChannel turns a public Telegram Channel into a fast, SEO-friendly microblog website with RSS feeds and minimal client-side JavaScript.
2.1k stars1k forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#14
Ech0 is a lightweight open-source, self-hosted federated publishing platform (ActivityPub) with a Vue-based UI, SQLite storage, Docker deployment and built-in Markdown editor.
2.1k stars158 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
#15
Open-source Ruby on Rails blogging and publishing platform (formerly Typo) with themes, plugins, multilingual support and an official demo.
1.9k stars3.6k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#16
Winter CMS is a Laravel-based, self-hosted open-source CMS with a user-friendly backend and extensible plugin/theme architecture for websites and web apps.
1.5k stars245 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
#17
Bludit is a simple, fast flat-file CMS that stores content as JSON, enabling database-free websites and blogs with themes, plugins, and Markdown/HTML editing.
1.5k stars334 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
MODX Revolution is an open source PHP CMS and content management framework for building highly customized websites and digital experiences with full control over markup and templates.
1.4k stars524 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
#19
HTMLy is a fast, databaseless PHP blogging platform and flat-file CMS with built-in search, themes, categories/tags, and an admin dashboard for managing content.
1.4k stars309 forksGPL-2.0last commit Slowing down
#20
Enterprise-grade PHP CMS with multisite, multilingual and headless capabilities, extensible via Composer and an extensive extension ecosystem.
1.2k stars704 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing WordPress.com actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 18 of 20 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, GPL-3.0, BSD-3-Clause, AGPL-3.0, GPL-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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