Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to MODx

Product categories

Blogging Blogging Platform CMS Developer Tools Frameworks (Full Stack) MVC Framework PHP Framework PHP MVC Framework PHP Web Framework Web Content Management Web Frameworks Website Builder

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to MODx are WordPress, Joomla, and Laravel. 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
Joomla Landing Page
2

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
Laravel Landing Page
3

Laravel

A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #PHP Framework 194 social mentions
CodeIgniter Landing Page
4

CodeIgniter

A Fully Baked PHP Framework
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PHP Web Framework #Web Frameworks #Frameworks (Full Stack) 8 social mentions
Craft CMS Landing Page
5

Craft CMS

Content management system built on Yii PHP Framework
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging 31 social mentions
CakePHP Landing Page
6

CakePHP

The Rapid Development Framework for PHP
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PHP Web Framework #PHP MVC Framework #Web Frameworks 9 social mentions
Statamic Landing Page
7

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
Yii Framework Landing Page
8

Yii Framework

Yii is a high-performance component-based PHP framework best for Web 2.0 development.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PHP Framework #PHP MVC Framework #Web Frameworks
Grav Landing Page
9

Grav

The modern open source flat-file CMS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Website Builder #Blogging 47 social mentions
Ghost Landing Page
10

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)
#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 173 social mentions
ExpressionEngine Landing Page
11

ExpressionEngine

ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich content management system that empowers thousands of...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging Platform #Blogging 2 social mentions
Silex Landing Page
12

Silex

Silex is a website builder for designers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #CMS #Website Builder