Open-source alternatives to WordPress.com
WordPress.com runs hosted WordPress sites on Automattic's infrastructure. The list below is every catalog tool tagged Blogging Platforms or Content Management Systems (CMS), which is the closest the catalog gets to the same job; none of them has been checked feature by feature against WordPress.com.
| Tool | Stars |
|---|---|
Headless CMS that lets developers build content APIs fast while giving content creators a friendly editing interface. MIT · released 2026-09-02 | 73,086 |
Just a blogging platform. MIT · released 2026-09-01 | 55,204 |
Developer-first headless CMS and application framework. MIT · released 2026-08-11 | 44,617 |
World's most-used blogging and CMS engine. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | 21,393 |
Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-08-25 | 20,486 |
CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. ⊘ Proprietary · released 2026-08-30 | 11,145 |
CMS and web application platform. MIT · released 2026-08-31 | 9,970 |
Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-10 | 5,251 |
The friendly CMS. Free and open source with an amazing community. MIT · released 2026-09-03 | 5,243 |
Advanced Content Management System (CMS). GPL-2.0 · released 2026-09-01 | 5,133 |
Modern, fully featured open source video and media CMS, written in Python/Django/React, featuring a REST API. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-25 | 5,098 |
CMS with a focus on extensible in-context editing tools. MIT · released unknown | 4,614 |
Multi-channel experience and engagement management platform. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-01 | 3,844 |
Content-first CMS that aims to make life enjoyable for developers and content managers alike. ⊘ Proprietary · released 2026-09-02 | 3,605 |
Headless CMS, based on MongoDB, CQRS and Event Sourcing. MIT · released 2026-04-16 | 2,509 |
Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese). AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-28 | 2,053 |
Simple but full featured web publishing software. MIT · released 2024-06-28 | 1,853 |
File-based CMS. Easy to setup. Easy to use. Flexible as hell. ⊘ Proprietary · released 2026-07-28 | 1,528 |
Speedy and secure content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. MIT · released 2026-08-19 | 1,514 |
Build a site or blog in seconds. Bludit uses flat-files (text files in JSON format) to store posts and pages. MIT · released 2026-05-11 | 1,465 |
Online lab notebook for research labs. Store experiments, use a database to find reagents or protocols, use trusted timestamping to legally timestamp an experiment, export as pdf or zip archive, share with collaborators…. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-04 | 1,414 |
Advanced content management and publishing platform. The current version is called 'Revolution'. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | 1,406 |
Databaseless PHP blogging platform. A flat-file CMS that allows you to create a fast, secure, and powerful website or blog in seconds. GPL-2.0 · released 2025-11-03 | 1,361 |
Powerful and advanced CMS with a large community. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | 1,208 |
Powerful and easy to use CMS to build websites, blogs or e-commerce stores. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-06-11 | 1,181 |
Collaborative social publishing platform. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-03-01 | 1,123 |
Comprehensive CMS for small to medium sized businesses and non-profits. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-09-04 | 1,043 |
Flat-file content management system and template engine. MIT · released 2026-09-05 | 933 |
Flexible, elegant and easy-to-use CMS. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-02-14 | 880 |
Open source content management system. MIT · released 2026-09-01 | 851 |
Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader. MIT · released unknown | 802 |
End-to-end news creation, production, curation, distribution, and publishing platform. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-07-14 | 750 |
Simple content platform to manage any structured content. MIT · released 2026-08-26 | 745 |
WonderCMS is the smallest flat file CMS since 2008. MIT · released 2025-12-31 | 737 |
Author-friendly flat-file-cms with a visual markdown editor based on vue.js. MIT · released 2026-08-24 | 616 |
Content Management Tool, which strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible. MIT · released 2026-08-13 | 590 |
Create complex narratives and share rich collections, adhering to Dublin Core standards with Omeka on your server, designed for scholars, museums, libraries, archives, and enthusiasts. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-06-18 | 552 |
Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-08-07 | 493 |
Content Management System for powering database driven websites using JSON schemas. Provides permission management and automatic REST APIs. MIT · released 2026-09-05 | 452 |
Powerful CMS that allows you to create professional websites and scalable web applications. LGPL-3.0 · released unknown | 438 |
CMS for designers. CPAL-1.0 · released 2023-10-15 | 379 |
Naked blogging platform for minimalists. MIT · released 2026-01-03 | 367 |
Simple, flexible and useful content management system (documentation in German). MIT · released 2026-08-03 | 354 |
Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile publishing and more (alternative to Twitter, Bluesky). MIT · released 2026-08-29 | 325 |
XML-based blog/CMS platform. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-27 | 234 |
The open source Enterprise Content Management software that handles any type of content, allowing users to easily share and collaborate on content. LGPL-3.0 · released unknown | 228 |
Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-07-22 | 227 |
A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-03-24 | 215 |
Turn SQL databases into secure APIs through an intuitive admin interface. Data platform and headless CMS (fork of Directus). GPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-20 | 148 |
Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. Apache-2.0 · released 2025-03-01 | 90 |
Powerful translation management and content management system. Manage and translate your website or app content into multiple languages, using AI to translate faster. MIT · released 2026-06-11 | 73 |
Platform for social and solidarity economy networks with blog, e-Portfolios, CMS, RSS, thematic discussion, events agenda and collective intelligence for solidarity economy in the same system. AGPL-3.0 · released unknown | 65 |
Content management system built on Symfony, where pages are Markdown and themes are Twig, with optional Git-based flat-file storage. MIT · released 2026-09-05 | 24 |
Faster and easier management of website contents, scalable for small businesses to large corporations. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Podcast management hosting platform that includes the latest podcast 2.0 standards, an automated Fediverse feed, analytics, an embeddable player, and more. AGPL-3.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Take control over your blog. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Advanced open source content management platform. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Neos or TYPO3 Neos (for version 1) is a modern, open source CMS. GPL-3.0 · released unknown | n/a |
CMS system that is used to create, edit, and manage digital content, like websites, intranets, and custom solutions. ZPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Publication system for the Internet aimed at collaborative work, multilingual environments, and simplicity of use for web authors. GPL-3.0 · released unknown | n/a |
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