Self-hosted Traditional & Flat-File CMS Tools
A curated collection of the best self-hosted traditional CMS platforms with integrated backend and frontend, or systems using flat files instead of databases.
Publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and paid memberships
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55,054Last commit
3 hours agoLicense
MIT
Publish content, send email newsletters, and sell paid subscriptions from one platform. Used by independent journalists, creators, and businesses like YCombinator and Kickstarter.
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Create, customize, and manage your website with ease
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21,363Last commit
9 hours agoLicense
Unknown
A versatile, user-friendly platform for building and managing websites, from simple blogs to complex e-commerce stores.
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Open source CMS with powerful drag-and-drop builder
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1,175Last commit
20 days agoLicense
AGPL-3.0
Vvveb is a feature-rich open source CMS for building websites, blogs, and ecommerce stores with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface.
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Open-source CMS for text-driven websites
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615Last commit
13 hours agoLicense
MIT
Create manuals, documentation, and websites with this markdown-based content management system, with options for ebook conversion.
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Capture – Capture screenshots, generate PDFs, scrape content, extract metadata, and automate browsers with one API.
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