The Best 18 CORE Framework Alternatives

  • ImpressPages CMS icon

    ImpressPages CMS

    ImpressPages is a PHP framework with admin panel. A new MVC engine is under the hood so you can customize ImpressPages in no time. Write your own plugins and themes to suit your and customers’ needs best.

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted PHP

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    concrete5

    Many content management systems are focused on developer or site owner needs, but concrete5 is a CMS that truly delivers the best to both worlds. An in-context editing toolbar makes it easy to make changes as you navigate the live website.

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

  • Yii Framework icon

    Yii Framework

    Yii is a high-performance component-based PHP framework best for Web 2.0 development. Yii comes with rich features: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web

  • Sitefinity icon

    Sitefinity

    Sitefinity is a Web Content Management System that leverages the .NET 4.0 development patterns familiar to Microsoft developers.

    Free Personal Windows Self-Hosted .NET Framework

  • Symphony CMS icon

    Symphony CMS

    Symphony is an XSLT-powered open source content management system It's a web-based content management system (CMS) that enables users to create and manage websites and web applications of all shapes and sizes—from the simplest of...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted

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    Dotclear

    Dotclear is an open-source web publishing software created in 2002 by Olivier Meunier. A one mans project at first, Dotclear soon gathered a team comprising different personalities with various backgrounds.

    Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

  • PhpSQLiteCMS icon

    PhpSQLiteCMS

    phpSQLiteCMS is a simple and lightweight open source web content management system (CMS) based on PHP and SQLite. It's licensed under the GNU General Public License....

    Free Open Source Web

  • Wagtail CMS icon

    Wagtail CMS

    Wagtail is a content management system built on Django. It's focused on user experience, and offers precise control for designers and developers.

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted Django Python

  • Batflat icon

    Batflat

    Bootstrap ready CMS for free. Just download and create kick-ass website in a few minutes. Batflat was created as a lightweight alternative to heavy and outdated...

    Free Personal Web Self-Hosted PHP Apache HTTP Server SQLite

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    No-CMS

    No-CMS, Free Open Source CodeIgniter based CMS (Content Management System) Framework with HMVC extension and groceryCRUD. No-CMS is quiet simple and easy to start with. ...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted

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    11in1

    It is an open-source content management system (CMS) that is powered by PHP and MySQL. It does not only help you manage your personal blog but also maintain your...

    Free Open Source Self-Hosted

  • CMS Builder icon

    CMS Builder

    A content management system (CMS) lets non-technical users update their website content without learning any HTML or programming. With CMS Builder, you create your own...

    Commercial Web Self-Hosted

  • FlatSiteBuilder icon

    FlatSiteBuilder

    The FlatSiteBuilder is a very easy to use content management system and content creation tool running as a desktop application on Linux. You are able to build web...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Mypages website builder icon

    Mypages website builder

    Multilingual website creator enabling your clients to create and publish unique sites. A creator with a visual website editor provides a very large extent of freedom in...

    Commercial Self-Hosted PHP