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24 alternatives to Fae

Open-source content management system based on Rails

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fae launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1SA
   Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial▲208

   2014 · softcover.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Fae CMS▲6

   A Flexible, Open-Source, Ruby On Rails CMS Engine

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3JT
   Joosy, the rails-tied browser app framework▲91

   2012 · borisstaal.com · its alternatives →

4. 4UA
   Upmin – An Admin Framework for Ruby on Rails▲140

   2014 · upmin.com · its alternatives →

5. 5AR
   Automated Rails development with Prelang▲229

   2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →

6. 6HA
   Hasura – A Postgres BaaS and Kubernetes PaaS on Your Own Infrastructure▲259

   2017 · hasura.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Kernel Cards▲95

   A simpler way to create a digital content strategy

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Contentify▲70

   a real-time collaborative content manager on top of Github

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Prelang▲82

    Automatic Rails Development

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11RI
    Rails-Inspired PHP Framework▲28

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12GO
    Gallery of Open Source Ruby on Rails Apps▲158

    2013 · opensourcerails.com · its alternatives →

13. 13FA
    Freader, an open source RSS Reader built with Node.js and Angular▲45

    2013 · geekuillaume.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14DE
    Documentation Engine for Rails Apps▲25

    2014 · adamcooke.io · its alternatives →

15. 15OA
    Omniref - a better search site for Ruby documentation▲110

    2013 · omniref.com · its alternatives →

16. 16WA
    Wikifeat – a wiki/collaboration system made using Go and CouchDB▲23

    2015 · wikifeat.com · its alternatives →

17. 17WC
    Wheelhouse CMS - a Rails/MongoDB content management system▲8

    2011 · wheelhousecms.com · its alternatives →

18. 18OS
    Open-source StackOverflow-like service▲74

    2016 · paizaqa.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

19. 19CA
    Contentify – A real-time, collaborative content manager over GitHub▲38

    2014 · thyb.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20OS
    Open-Source Rails Point of Sale▲27

    2014 · websitescenes.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21AN
    A new open source e-commerce platform for Rails▲5

    2013 · blog.adamcooke.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    This Developing Story - 34: Rails Works Well Enough▲56

    talking about a blog post complaining about Rails

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23RA
    RailsScript – A Rails-centric, featherweight CoffeeScript framework▲8

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24AB
    A Blog and Portfolio CMS Built with React, Redux, CSS Modules, Rails▲18

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →