WordPress Alternatives

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Publii

<i>> Are there any graphical SSGs that non-technical users could run locally to generate a site and upload it to their web host?</i> https://getpublii.com is amazing and it's strange it doesn't get more attention.

#CMS #Blogging #Social & Communications 65 social mentions

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Textpattern

#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging 6 social mentions

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Bear Blog

If you are looking for a no-nonsense, simple blog platform consider Bear[1] - It's super simple to use, and has been solid for me for the past year. Plus the support (and dev - Herman Martinus here on HN[2]) is responsive and friendly. [1] https://bearblog.dev.

#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 65 social mentions

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GitHub Pages

If one is looking for a simple/personal blog and wants to write in plain-text Markdown, one should consider Jekyll on GitHub Pages[1]. The beauty is that one does not need to worry about setting up Jekyll on the local machine. Just write and push to Github. If one wants to skip that, just go to GitHub and write there; a version of VSCode is built in there. This also allows one to carry (take out) their content anywhere on any platform that supports plain text (MarkDown). Browsers can also just render plain-text as it, so if you just drag-drop them on a server, it should render as your website. I have a pretty large personal site[2], and I hate Jekyll because it takes too long to compile locally, but I’m on it because I don’t let it interfere with my writing. As for a WordPress replacement/alternative, it is going to be pretty hard to find something as prolific and click-clacky easy as WordPress to start off. It has like two decades of the mother of all kitchen sink built-in for anyone to jump in and rummage something out it. 1. https://pages.github.com 2. https://brajeshwar.com/2021/brajeshwar.com-2021/.

#Static Site Generators #Developer Tools #Cloud Computing 495 social mentions

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Payload CMS

#CMS #JavaScript #SaaS 91 social mentions

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Dotclear

There's an obvious alternative that's missing here: Dotclear. I ended up using that for my own personal blog after years of self developed blog engines. I was going for WordPress initially but configuring it and creating a custom theme was a mess. I felt like I had to learn a whole new technology stack instead of being able to use my PHP, HTML, and CSS skills. In comparison, Dotclear was a breeze to work with and after days scratching my head on the complexity of WP, it tooks me maybe like two hours to get where I wanted with Dotclear, including the time to discover and installing the software. I enjoy it very much since then! See https://dotclear.org/ for more information.

#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS 1 social mentions

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Grav

Not mentioned in OP: https://getgrav.org/ I used it for a project once and both me and the client were happy.

#CMS #Website Builder #Blogging 54 social mentions

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PluXml

#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #CMS