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See also: #3

This is for notes about CMSes as I come across them.

• Ghost Verdict: No

sources

Headless CMS: "A List of Content Management Systems for JAMstack Sites". More than what I have listed here still left there.

https://alternativeto.net/software/wordpress/?license=opensource&platform=self-hosted

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Ghost Verdict: No

Ghost is a fully open source, adaptable platform for building and running a modern online publication. We power blogs, magazines and journalists from Zappos to Sky News.

Tested this out with a local install. It is very, very simple. What it does it does well enough. Unfortunately it relies on 3rd party, mostly closed-source, for-profit data mining companies to provide core functionality. Not what I am looking for.

• u2f/TOTP not available
• I didn't like the editor; there is no way to get out of WYSIWYG editor (no HTML editor) so for example it is impossible to set height/width attributes for an image. Can't put in anything not considered by the developers (alt, or title attributes for example). Can't use non-supported tags or elements.
• Doesn't seem to be any import/export

Cost: managed hosting starts at US$30/month; also they are on digital ocean; I saw somewhere that appropriate plans start at US$10/month.

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Stay with Jekyll

Jekyll cheatsheet (the website it's on has a huge list of similar documents on many other programs)

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Go back to WordPress

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Not really interested in looking into at the moment

Drupal

Joomla

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SilverStripe

SilverStripe is the intuitive content management system and flexible framework loved by editors and developers alike. Equip your web teams to achieve outstanding results.

Tried their demo site. It includes only content editing, nothing about the look, features or structure. I don't know where those get edited. Possibly it's above my head.

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Fork CMS

Friends of Fork Modules/Themes for @forkcms

• impossible to run in MAMP; documentation vague.

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Prose

Github: https://github.com/prose/prose

It works with Jekyll, but it's not Jekyll.

Prose provides a beautifully simple content authoring environment for CMS-free websites. It's a web-based interface for managing content on GitHub. Use it to create, edit, and delete files, and save your changes directly to GitHub. Host your website on GitHub Pages for free, or set up your own GitHub webhook server.

Prose has advanced support for Jekyll sites and markdown content. Prose detects markdown posts in Jekyll sites and provides syntax highlighting, a formatting toolbar, and draft previews in the site's full layout.

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Ponzu

Github: https://github.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu

Ponzu is a powerful and efficient open-source HTTP server framework and CMS. It provides automatic, free, and secure HTTP/2 over TLS (certificates obtained via Let's Encrypt), a useful CMS and scaffolding to generate content editors, and a fast HTTP API on which to build modern applications.

"Ponzu fills the void where you want to reach for Wordpress to get a great CMS, or Rails for rapid development, but need a fast JSON response in a high-concurrency environment."

I don't know what the last 2/3 of that mean, so I probably don't need it.

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Publii verdict: Strong maybe

Github: https://github.com/GetPublii/Publii

Unlike static-site generators that are often unwieldy and difficult to use, Publii provides an easy-to-understand UI much like server-based CMSs such as WordPress or Joomla!, where users can create posts and other site content, and style their site using a variety of built-in themes and options. Users can enjoy the benefits of a super-fast and secure static website, with all the convenience that a CMS provides.

What makes Publii even more unique is that the app runs locally on your desktop rather than on the site's server. Available for Windows, Mac, Linux once the app has been installed you can create a site in minutes, even without internet access; since Publii is a desktop app you can create, update and modify your site offline, then upload the site changes to your server at the click of a button. Publii supports multiple upload options, including standard HTTP/HTTPS servers, Netlify, Amazon S3, GitHub Pages and Google Cloud or SFTP.

This is the least frustrating thing so far.

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Hexo Admin

Github: https://github.com/jaredly/hexo-admin

An admin UI for the Hexo blog engine. Based off of the Ghost interface, with inspiration from svbtle and prose.io

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Squidex Verdict: No

https://github.com/squidex/squidex

Our goal is to provide the best headless solution for developers and content authors. We support multiple API endpoints (REST and GraphQL), a great user interface and a powerful rule engine to manage and distribute your content.

Too developery.

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dotCMS

https://github.com/dotCMS/core (511)

dotCMS makes it easy to deliver content anywhere and everywhere: IoT devices, mobile apps, voice assistants, digital signage, Smart TVs, streaming devices, or whatever comes next. Our Hybrid CMS approach goes beyond the traditional headless CMS to give you API access not only to content, but templates, modules, pages, and workflows.

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AbeCMS

https://abecms.org/ https://github.com/abecms/abecms (131)

Abe let your HTML pure: Nothing is added to your templates. The Sitemap plugin helps you inform the search crawlers about your pages. Free the SEO !
Just configure the deployment you need, choose between amazon S3, Surge, Github, or any (S)FTP reachable server, and you're good to go !
Creating your user database and a custom validation workflow ? It's one json away. Give rights en permissions to your users in a blink! AbeCMS is using oAuth2 (of course)
And as your needs are specific, you can use existing plugins from others or create your owns. Algolia, Asana, Google Maps, PM2... Yours... What else ?

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netlify

Pricing varies wildly depending on needs.

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Commento

Just for comments, in case for some reason that's needed.

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