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Alternatives to WordPress

WordPress runs ~43% of the web. Indie alternatives are faster, friendlier or fully Jamstack — pick based on the kind of site you're building.

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Pricing

$4/mo (Personal)

Self-host WordPress.org free

Freemium

About

Founded 2003

Open source

Powers ~43% of the web.

Founders

  • Matt MullenwegCo-founder
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  • Mike LittleCo-founder

Top indie alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with WordPress.

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Ghost

Open-source publishing.

Non-profit OSS alternative for writers + newsletters.

$9/moOSS
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Webflow

Visual website builder.

Designer-friendly, much cleaner UX.

$14/mo (Basic site)
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Framer

Design + publish websites.

Modern alternative for design-led sites.

$5/site/mo
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Astro

Static site framework.

OSS framework — pair with any CMS or just Markdown.

OSSOSS
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Publii

Static blog CMS.

Free desktop app — generate a static blog.

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Kirby

File-based PHP CMS.

Indie German team, beloved by designers.

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Tina

Visual CMS.

OSS Markdown / Git CMS.

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Payload

OSS TS headless CMS.

Build any site or app, code-first.

FreeOSS
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