WordPress alternatives and similar software solutions

Based on the "Blogging Platforms" category.
Alternatively, view WordPress alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.

Ghost

9.9 10.0 L3 WordPress VS Ghost

Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
Solo

9.6 9.7 L4 WordPress VS Solo

DISCONTINUED. A blogging system written in Java, feel free to create your or your team own blog.

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Wagtail

9.5 9.9 L3 WordPress VS Wagtail

A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience
Anchor CMS

8.2 2.1 L5 WordPress VS Anchor CMS

DISCONTINUED. Anchor is a free, lightweight, faster-than-a-bullet, simple blogging system, made for art-directed posts.
Canvas

7.4 5.7 WordPress VS Canvas

Publishing on your own terms
Plume

6.3 5.2 WordPress VS Plume

Federated blogging application, thanks to ActivityPub (now on https://git.joinplu.me/ — this is just a mirror)
Bludit

6.0 5.8 L4 WordPress VS Bludit

Simple, Fast, Secure, Flat-File CMS
htmly

5.7 9.7 L2 WordPress VS htmly

Simple and fast databaseless PHP blogging platform, and Flat-File CMS
Known

5.5 7.9 L3 WordPress VS Known

A social publishing platform.
Postleaf

5.4 1.2 WordPress VS Postleaf

DISCONTINUED. Simple, beautiful publishing with Node.js.
Dante Stories

3.8 0.0 WordPress VS Dante Stories

A self hosted Medium platform built with Ruby on Rails
Chyrp Lite

3.7 9.8 WordPress VS Chyrp Lite

An ultra-lightweight blogging engine, written in PHP.
Formtools

3.4 3.1 WordPress VS Formtools

The Form Tools Core.
Blog

3.3 3.0 WordPress VS Blog

Lightweight self-hosted facebook-styled PHP blog.
PluXml

3.3 9.3 L2 WordPress VS PluXml

A CMS to create lightweight websites with ease and without database.
Chyrp

3.2 0.0 L3 WordPress VS Chyrp

The ultra-lightweight ultra-flexible blogging engine with a fetish for birds and misspellings.
Hotglue

3.1 0.0 L3 WordPress VS Hotglue

HOTGLUE is a Content Manipulation System which allows to construct websites directly in a web-browser.
Blogotext

2.6 0.0 L3 WordPress VS Blogotext

A little more than a lightweight SQLite Blog-Engine.
Noddity

2.1 0.0 WordPress VS Noddity

It's a blog, it's a wiki, it's a fast CMS!
Dotclear

1.9 10.0 L2 WordPress VS Dotclear

Issues → https://git.dotclear.org/dev/dotclear/issues
Antville

1.8 8.3 L4 WordPress VS Antville

The Queen Mum of Weblog Hosting Systems – written in server-side JavaScript since 2001.
Cadmus

1.2 0.0 WordPress VS Cadmus

DISCONTINUED. Cadmus is an extremely lightweight, flat-file blogging platform powered by Markdown.
Source Code

- WordPress VS Source Code

Free blog-engine written in PHP and using SQLite. This offers you both an unmatched simplicity during installation and great performances.