The Best 114 CMS Made Simple Alternatives

  • GetSimple CMS icon

    GetSimple CMS

    GetSimple is an XML based lite Content Management System. To go along with its best-in-class user interface, we have loaded it with features that every website needs, but with nothing it doesn't.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted

  • Craft CMS icon

    Craft CMS

    Craft gives you the tools to sculpt a content management experience precisely tailored to your site’s needs. Craft doesn’t make any assumptions about your content.

    Freemium Web Self-Hosted

    Auto update Dynamic content
  • blogstrap.py icon

    blogstrap.py

    blogstrap.py is a simple, no frills blog content management system powered by Twitter's Bootstrap and web.py. It features most things you would come to expect from a simple blogging platform.

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Python

  • Umbraco icon

    Umbraco

    Umbraco is a fully-featured open source content management system with the flexibility to run anything from small campaign or brochure sites right through to complex applications for Fortune 500's and some of the largest media sites in...

    Freemium Windows Self-Hosted .NET Framework

  • Kirby icon

    Kirby

    Installing Kirby means uploading some files to your server and that's it. Blog articles, galleries, simple pages or complex product sheets – with Kirby you are not limited to a fixed data structure.

    Commercial Web Self-Hosted PHP

  • b2evolution icon

    b2evolution

    CMS for a full featured site with multiple blogs, forums, newsletters, for your user community and structured content such as manuals or knowledge bases.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted

  • Stacey icon

    Stacey

    Stacey is a lightweight content management system. No database setup or installation files, simply drop the application on a server and it runs. Your content is managed by creating folders and editing text files.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted PHP GitHub

  • CouchCMS icon

    CouchCMS

    With no knowledge of PHP required at all you can make any static web-page editable by your clients.

    Free Open Source Web PHP

  • Wolf CMS icon

    Wolf CMS

    Wolf CMS simplifies content management by offering an elegant user interface, flexible templating per page, simple user management and permissions, as well as the tools necessary for file management.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted

  • Monstra CMS icon

    Monstra CMS

    Fast and small flat-file content management system written in PHP!

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

  • TypePad icon

    TypePad

    TypePad is the premier blogging service for professionals and small businesses. TypePad hosts many popular blogs and small business websites. The service is easy to use and enables you to create a blog in minutes.

    Commercial Web

  • Statamic icon

    Statamic

    Build powerful & dynamic websites without a database. An infinitely flexible, flat-file Content Management System.

    Commercial Web Self-Hosted

  • Postleaf icon

    Postleaf

    Open source blogging platform with inline editing, handlebar templates and intuitive interface.

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted PHP GitHub Handlebars

  • Jigsy icon

    Jigsy

    A website builder that lets you create a web site easily, with no code and no hassle.

    Freemium Web

  • Directus icon

    Directus

    A headless CMS that manages your content, not your workflow. Directus is an API-driven content management framework for custom databases. It decouples content for use in apps, websites, or any other data-driven projects.

    Commercial

  • Movable Type Pro icon

    Movable Type Pro

    Movable Type Pro is designed for bloggers, design and development firms, and small and medium-sized businesses, and has all of the features of Movable Type plus social networking features, custom fields for extending your content...

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

  • Automad icon

    Automad

    Automad is a file-based flat CMS and template engine. It is designed to be fully portable without any dependencies on databases or fixed locations and doesn't require any complicated setup process.

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted PHP

  • Pulse CMS icon

    Pulse CMS

    Pulse CMS is the easiest way to build and deploy a responsive, content managed website. Since it's a flat file CMS there is no complicated database setup, just copy it to your server and go.

    Commercial Web Self-Hosted

    Responsive design Flat File CMS