Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Automad
Flat file CMS written in PHP
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Automad launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Autocode 1.0▲276Automate easily with code and APIs, level up from workflows.
2020 · superuser.app · its alternatives →
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A terminal renderer written in pure PHP. Contribute to soloterm/screen development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS http://web1.0hosting.net/ - free hosting based on this CMS
2024 · its alternatives →
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List of flat file CMS written in different technologies
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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PHP Console Application made easy- build great console apps with ease. Comes with Zero Dependency and Autocompletion support. Think of it as extremely flexible and customizable PHP cli application framework. - adhocore/php-cli
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A PHP parser written in PHP. Contribute to nikic/PHP-Parser development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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http://www.imakesnowflakes.com/cliche-introduction.html This is something I made to automate a bunch of tasks for the modern php developer. Cliche works with a projects auto loader and can 1. Accept a set of partial class name as command line arguments. Using an interactive session with the user, Cliche resolves the partial class names to their proper names. It will generate the class file with all the required import statements (taking care of any conflicting imports) and any methods declared by the interfaces are generated as empty methods. Lastly it can place the class file…
2014 · its alternatives →
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Building things with code, AI, and hardware.
2018 · acostanza.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · developerjack.com · its alternatives →
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PHP and Web Development environment management tools for Mac
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This is a simple PHP framework I built myself from scratch with minimal dependencies from composer. It has Autowiring DI and some simple routing provided by the Slim router. The code: https://github.com/cipher-code/phpframework
2022 · its alternatives →
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P&D - Software and mobile applications
2014 · michaldudek.pl · its alternatives →
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CometCMS▲5Headless, file-based CMS, API-first with no dependencies
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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