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24 alternatives to Gear CMS

Open Source CMS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Gear CMS launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Fraym▲67

   A new open-source CMS

   2014 · fraymm.wordpress.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Fosshub▲79

   An open source for free and open source tools

   2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Code Mill▲85

   A marketplace for pull requests

   2016 · codemill.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Netlify CMS▲236

   An open-source CMS for your Git workflow

   2017 · harta-europei.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Qudos▲145

   Product Hunt for dev tools

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Pagekit 1.0▲137

   A modular and lightweight open source CMS

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Makers Tools▲130

   Discover new tools to build digital goodies

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   {S} Statamic▲92

   A new kind of CMS for designers and developers.

   2014 · statamic.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   App Developer Atlas▲89

   Helping developers make the right tool choices

   2014 · appdeveloperatlas.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Freetime▲159

    GitHub open source project manager

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Stackeo▲169

    Product Hunt for Coding Tools

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Carbide▲164

    A new kind of programming environment

    2016 · alpha.trycarbide.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    A to Z CSS▲163

    CSS screencasts for designers & developers

    2015 · atozcss.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    hack.css▲174

    The CSS framework for hackers

    2016 · hackcss.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Surreal CMS▲73

    A hosted CMS for web designers

    2014 · surrealcms.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    ReadMe.io▲39

    A Developer Hub for your open source software

    2014 · readme.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Gradberry▲119

    Curated + code-verified software engineering talent

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Developer Ipsum▲110

    Lorem for nerds

    2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Software Daily - 10 Philosophies for Engineers▲71

    Strategies and reflections on software engineering

    2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Craft▲104

    A CMS like no other.

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hello Tech Pros: GitHub Pages as your project CMS▲61

    Jim Kohl on Productivity

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Show My PR's▲81

    See all your Open Source contributions in one place

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Wick Editor▲88

    The Internet's free and open-source creation suite

    2016 · wickeditor.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    WordPress▲11

    Open source CMS to create a beautiful websites, blogs or app

    2017 · wordpress.org · 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 →