Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to ExpressionEngine

The top open-source alternatives to ExpressionEngine are WordPress, Craft CMS, and Statamic. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

WordPress Landing Page
1

WordPress

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 764 social mentions
Craft CMS Landing Page
2

Craft CMS

Content management system built on Yii PHP Framework
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging 31 social mentions
Statamic Landing Page
3

Statamic

Build better, easier to manage websites. Enjoy radical efficiency. It's everything you never knew you always wanted in a CMS.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $259.0 / One-off (Pro License)
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 48 social mentions
Joomla Landing Page
4

Joomla

Joomla! is the mobile-ready and user-friendly way to build your website. Choose from thousands of features and designs. Joomla! is free and open source.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 2 social mentions
Flextype Landing Page
5

Flextype

Flat-file content management system in PHP
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging
Textpattern Landing Page
6

Textpattern

Textpattern is an elegant content management system that is free, open source software.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging 3 social mentions
ApostropheCMS Landing Page
7

ApostropheCMS

Apostrophe is a powerful website builder platform built on an enterprise open source CMS, offering in-context live editing, visual design tools, and multisite enablement in a full stack JS environment.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#CMS #Open Source CMS #Self-Hosted CMS 10 social mentions
Umbraco Landing Page
8

Umbraco

Umbraco is the leading open source Microsoft ASP.NET CMS. You can start using Umbraco in 2 minutes, by taking a free trial of Umbraco Cloud.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 5 social mentions
Kirby Landing Page
9

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
#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging 37 social mentions
Mezzanine Landing Page
10

Mezzanine

An open source content management platform built using the Django framework.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging 5 social mentions
Chyrp Light Landing Page
11

Chyrp Light

An active fork of Chyrp, an ultra-lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging
Grav Landing Page
12

Grav

The modern open source flat-file CMS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Website Builder #Blogging 47 social mentions