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The WP dashboard can, and has been rewritten in React, see Calypso, but it was rejected by wp.org community at the time (likely for the reasons you mentioned). Source: over 2 years ago
The wp-admin dash itself will likely move to React in the far future. It's a big undertaking, and not a priority, or even wanted at this point by the wordpress.org maintainers and community - wordpress.com already has a React powered dash that even predates Gutenberg, calypso, and the open-source maintainers rejected using it as its not suitable for their developer audience. Source: over 2 years ago
I'm running Anchor CMS and I just upgraded to version 0.8. When I try and run the installer I get a 'No input file specified' error. I believe it's more than likely a .htaccess problem but I'm not sure what the correct settings should be. Source: almost 2 years ago
Nothing wrong with using WP as the platform for this. Alternatively you could try ClassicPress, Ghost or even Anchor. Source: about 3 years ago
Typehut - Super simple publishing platform
Sitecake - Drag and drop CMS for HTML websites. It's flat file CMS so it's pretty fast.
Telescope - Telescope is an open-source app that lets you easily set up your own online community.
ClassicPress - The WordPress fork. No Gutenberg. Great future!
Play For WordPress - Convert your WordPress articles to podcasts 📝🔊
Textpattern - Textpattern is an elegant content management system that is free, open source software.
