Ask HN: Your experience of using an alternative to WordPress?

• Wagtail

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  A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience

  

WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available.

Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies).

What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)?

Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of:

- October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/

- Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/

- Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/

- Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/

- Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/

Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks

• october

  20 10,971 7.8 PHP

  Self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.

  

WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available.

Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies).

What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)?

Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of:

- October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/

- Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/

- Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/

- Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/

- Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/

Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks

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• Ghost

  299 45,658 10.0 JavaScript

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

  

WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available.

Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies).

What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)?

Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of:

- October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/

- Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/

- Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/

- Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/

- Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/

Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks

• Kirby

  56 1,195 9.9 PHP

  Kirby's core application folder

  

WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available.

Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies).

What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)?

Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of:

- October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/

- Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/

- Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/

- Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/

- Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/

Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks

• CraftCMS

  45 3,155 10.0 PHP

  Build bespoke content experiences with Craft. (by craftcms)

  

WordPress elicits strong opinions among developers. Whatever your thoughts about WordPress, it remains the leading website builder among the myriad site builders available.

Uniquely (I think) it is the only self-hosting option which is relatively simple for non-technical users to install via one-click installers (available via hundreds of hosting companies).

What are the alternative website builders (self-hostable) that match or exceed WordPress in terms of core features? In particular, alternatives with modern codebases, with customisation, and a GUI WYSIWYG (not markdown)?

Some example, modern alternatives I'm aware of:

- October CMS (PHP, Open Source) https://octobercms.com/

- Craft CMS (PHP, Paid) https://craftcms.com/

- Kirby CMS (PHP, Paid) https://getkirby.com/

- Ghost (JavaScript, Open Source) https://ghost.org/

- Wagtail CMS (Python, Open Source) https://wagtail.io/

Have you used any of the above (or any other) as an alternative to WordPress? What was your experience like? And has anyone gone back to WordPress after trying an alternative? Thanks

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