Ask HN: Your experience of using an alternative to WordPress?

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Wagtail CMS Landing Page
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Wagtail CMS

Django-based Content Management System.
Pricing:
- Open Source
WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available. Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies). What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)? Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of: - October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/ - Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/ - Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/ - Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/ - Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/ Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks.

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OctoberCMS Landing Page
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OctoberCMS

October CMS is a free and open source content management system (CMS) that is self hosted. Written in PHP and using the Laravel application framework, October CMS allows web developers to create dynamic web sites.
Pricing:
- Open Source
WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available. Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies). What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)? Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of: - October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/ - Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/ - Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/ - Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/ - Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/ Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks.

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Ghost Landing Page
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Ghost

Ghost is a fully open source, adaptable platform for building and running a modern online publication. We power blogs, magazines and journalists from Zappos to Sky News.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $36.0 / Monthly (100k views/month, 2 users)
WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available. Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies). What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)? Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of: - October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/ - Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/ - Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/ - Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/ - Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/ Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks.

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Kirby Landing Page
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Kirby

Kirby is a website for businesses to use to sort contacts and other information. The site is easy to use and features several details for businesses of all sizes.
Pricing:
- Open Source
WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available. Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies). What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)? Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of: - October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/ - Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/ - Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/ - Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/ - Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/ Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks.

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Craft CMS Landing Page
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Craft CMS

Content management system built on Yii PHP Framework
Pricing:
- Open Source
WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available. Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies). What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)? Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of: - October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/ - Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/ - Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/ - Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/ - Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/ Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks.

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 32 social mentions