Kirby Alternatives

Reviews and mentions

• Relaunch HN: Escape Team
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Nov 2021

  Thank you!

  I built it with Kirby:

  https://getkirby.com/

  – super easy, really great to customize!

  (And multi-language!)

• Best CMS solutions that let you use react?
  4 projects | reddit.com/r/reactjs | 24 Oct 2021

  Try with one of these: Directus.io, Grav, Cockpit, Kirby

• Ask HN: What problem are you close to solving and how can we help?
  17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Aug 2021

  Any headless CMS would work well my `mkws`, my idea is to build a smaller, simpler Wordpress that also comes with a tiny webserver, 0 config, no database, content stored as plain text files, just download and run. https://getkirby.com/ is closer in concept, but without the PHP dependency.

• Kirby is the CMS that adapts to you
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Aug 2021
• Playlist on how to build a website from scratch in just HTML and CSS - Job shadow me as I build a real clients website and explain everything I do and why. No frameworks. This YouTube playlist is perfect for beginners who want to see what it's like to work as a developer.
  8 projects | reddit.com/r/webdev | 8 Aug 2021

  If you believe what you write about helping your clients business succeed please consider taking that to the next level and looking into KirbyCMS

  8 projects | reddit.com/r/webdev | 8 Aug 2021
• Can you help me choose a CMS?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/webdev | 23 Apr 2021
• Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now
  12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Apr 2021

  I'm going to add my personal take on this issue since I'm currently running a blog that's markdown-ish powered.

  In my opinion the best solution is to find some sort of happy medium. Static site generators are excellent in terms of weight and speed but a lightweight file based CMS can be almost as fast while still providing the needed flexibility.

  My site currently runs on Kirby (https://getkirby.com) but I write almost everything on iA both on my Mac while I'm at home and on my phone while I'm outside.

  Updating the site is not as simple as typing a command on a terminal but it's just a few clicks on a very simple and minimal UI.

  Images are hosted on my server like the rest of the content. It's a simply DO snippet with no fancy configuration.

  If you want to go down a more automated solution, iA comes with support for micropub so you could in theory set it up so that you can upload a new post without leaving the iA interface.

  But imo it's a lot of extra backend setup that needs to be monitored to save very little time in the long run so for me it's personally not worth it.

• Ask HN: Your experience of using an alternative to WordPress?
  5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Apr 2021

  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

• How do I convert my WordPress site into a non-WordPress one? Is that even possible?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/Wordpress | 4 Apr 2021

  The reason you would use Wordpress is mainly for the database. If you're looking to have your site use a content management system without a database you can look into flat-file options like Kirby https://getkirby.com/

• Opensource alternative to WordPress? Try Ghost!
  7 projects | reddit.com/r/selfhosted | 3 Apr 2021

  It’s a great product, but it’s also become a pretty large system. If you want to try a smaller, compact and well designed cms for small and medium sites like a blog, you should also give Kirby a try. Since it’s a flat-file-cms (no database) it’s literally installed in 30 seconds.

• WordPress vs. Kirby CMS - 2021 Feature Comparison
  3 projects | dev.to | 26 Feb 2021

  Kirby in comparison is paid-per-domain but provides features like multi-language sites out of the box. The rather small library of external plugins will force you to implement custom solutions more often. These custom solutions however make use of the extensive library of pre-defined field types and building blocks for images, urls, texts and many more. Developing new features is much faster, easier and more intuitive compared to WordPress.

• A Minimal Email Client
  5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Feb 2021