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  • ProcessWire

    ProcessWire 3.x is a friendly and powerful open source CMS with a strong API.

    +1 for ProcessWire. I am not doing freelance dev anymore but for the small set of sites I still maintain I love doing updates for the ProcessWire installs and dread it with every other project. Anyone shopping for a Wordpress alternative should definitely check out https://processwire.com/

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  • Publii

    The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.

    > Are there any graphical SSGs that non-technical users could run locally to generate a site and upload it to their web host?

    https://getpublii.com is amazing and it's strange it doesn't get more attention.

  • Textpattern

    A flexible, elegant, fast and easy-to-use content management system written in PHP.

    TextPattern use to a thing like around the same time WP got started.

    It’s also PHP based.

    https://textpattern.com/

  • Lektor

    The lektor static file content management system

    I haven't used it since forever ago, but Lektor [0] is this weird in between. You need to be able to pip install and run `lektor serve` in the terminal but most else is done in the browser.

    [0] https://www.getlektor.com/

  • pages-gem

    A simple Ruby Gem to bootstrap dependencies for setting up and maintaining a local Jekyll environment in sync with 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/

  • movabletype

    Movable Type

    Against all odds and expectations, Movable Type is apparently still around and a thing: https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype

  • builder

    Craft beautiful websites effortlessly with an intuitive visual builder and publish them instantly (by frappe)

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  • payload

    Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.

  • soupault

    Static website generator based on HTML element tree rewriting

    I think yours is the candidate for Pandoc[1] or something like Soupault[2]. But you will be doing the HTML/CSS writing yourself.

    1. https://pandoc.org

    2. https://soupault.app

  • pandoc

    Universal markup converter

    I think yours is the candidate for Pandoc[1] or something like Soupault[2]. But you will be doing the HTML/CSS writing yourself.

    1. https://pandoc.org

    2. https://soupault.app

  • lsg

    Jekyll is perfectly fine even for non blog sites. I organise a yearly event (https://lsg.go.art.pl/english) and made its website with Jekyll (https://github.com/tasuki/lsg). Absolutely no blog involved.

    Middleman is nice if you need something more flexible than what Jekyll can offer.

  • Grav

    Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS powered by PHP, Markdown, Twig, and Symfony

    Not mentioned in OP: https://getgrav.org/

    I used it for a project once and both me and the client were happy.

  • Chyrp Lite

    An ultra-lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP.

    For personal blog, I have found the following alternatives:

    - Chyrp Lite: lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP. https://github.com/xenocrat/chyrp-lite

    - Typecho: a PHP-based blog software. https://github.com/typecho/typecho

    and file-based static content generator:

    - Quartz: Publish an Obsidian vault as a static site. https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz

    - Logseq: Publish a Logseq graph as a static site. https://github.com/logseq/publish-spa

    also Jekyll templates:

    - https://github.com/maximevaillancourt/digital-garden-jekyll-...

  • typecho

    A PHP Blogging Platform. Simple and Powerful.

    For personal blog, I have found the following alternatives:

    - Chyrp Lite: lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP. https://github.com/xenocrat/chyrp-lite

    - Typecho: a PHP-based blog software. https://github.com/typecho/typecho

    and file-based static content generator:

    - Quartz: Publish an Obsidian vault as a static site. https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz

    - Logseq: Publish a Logseq graph as a static site. https://github.com/logseq/publish-spa

    also Jekyll templates:

    - https://github.com/maximevaillancourt/digital-garden-jekyll-...

  • quartz

    🌱 a fast, batteries-included static-site generator that transforms Markdown content into fully functional websites

    For personal blog, I have found the following alternatives:

    - Chyrp Lite: lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP. https://github.com/xenocrat/chyrp-lite

    - Typecho: a PHP-based blog software. https://github.com/typecho/typecho

    and file-based static content generator:

    - Quartz: Publish an Obsidian vault as a static site. https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz

    - Logseq: Publish a Logseq graph as a static site. https://github.com/logseq/publish-spa

    also Jekyll templates:

    - https://github.com/maximevaillancourt/digital-garden-jekyll-...

  • publish-spa

    A github action and CLI to publish logseq graphs as a SPA app

    For personal blog, I have found the following alternatives:

    - Chyrp Lite: lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP. https://github.com/xenocrat/chyrp-lite

    - Typecho: a PHP-based blog software. https://github.com/typecho/typecho

    and file-based static content generator:

    - Quartz: Publish an Obsidian vault as a static site. https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz

    - Logseq: Publish a Logseq graph as a static site. https://github.com/logseq/publish-spa

    also Jekyll templates:

    - https://github.com/maximevaillancourt/digital-garden-jekyll-...

  • digital-garden-jekyll-template

    Start your own digital garden using this Jekyll template 🌱

    For personal blog, I have found the following alternatives:

    - Chyrp Lite: lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP. https://github.com/xenocrat/chyrp-lite

    - Typecho: a PHP-based blog software. https://github.com/typecho/typecho

    and file-based static content generator:

    - Quartz: Publish an Obsidian vault as a static site. https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz

    - Logseq: Publish a Logseq graph as a static site. https://github.com/logseq/publish-spa

    also Jekyll templates:

    - https://github.com/maximevaillancourt/digital-garden-jekyll-...

  • For personal blog, I have found the following alternatives:

    - Chyrp Lite: lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP. https://github.com/xenocrat/chyrp-lite

    - Typecho: a PHP-based blog software. https://github.com/typecho/typecho

    and file-based static content generator:

    - Quartz: Publish an Obsidian vault as a static site. https://github.com/jackyzha0/quartz

    - Logseq: Publish a Logseq graph as a static site. https://github.com/logseq/publish-spa

    also Jekyll templates:

    - https://github.com/maximevaillancourt/digital-garden-jekyll-...

  • Ghost

    Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

    - to hydrate stuff

    - optional: needs to have been around for 5 years

    - optional: needs to still be around in 5 years

    Ghost has no ACF apparently (https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-for-posts/1124/46 and (https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/9020) and Astro is too custom as of now and I don't want another Gatsby (too short-lived).

  • PluXml

    A CMS to create lightweight websites with ease and without database.

  • BloKi

    Minimalistic Blog and Wiki Engine (by tenox7)

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