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24 alternatives to LightCMS

Build Beautiful Websites

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. LightCMS launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Forestry▲187

   A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Help Me Build▲107

   Discover high quality tools to build awesome things

   2015 · led24.tv · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Website Builders▲162

   All the tools you need to build your dream project

   2016 · saijogeorge.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   ..▲106

   ..

   2017 · airtape.net · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Craft▲104

   A CMS like no other.

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Easel▲62

   Design & build web apps in your browser

   2014 · easel.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Squarespace▲110

   Create beautiful websites and blogs easily

   2014 · squarespace.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Beautiful Open▲132

   Beautiful sites for Open Source projects

   2014 · beautifulopen.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Sweet Themes▲99

   Color Themes for Slack

   2015 · sweetthemesaremadeofthe.se · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Microsoft PowerApps▲107

    Build mobile apps visually

    2016 · microsoft.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Built With▲95

    See Technologies Behind Websites in Real-Time

    2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Site Stencil▲93

    A new breed of website builder

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Make▲95

    Beautiful and customizable WordPress page builder.

    2016 · thethemefoundry.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    SimplyBuilt▲100

    Build a website you'll love

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Pixelarity▲123

    Spectacular responsive site templates

    2015 · pixelarity.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Appsites▲141

    Create a beautiful website for your mobile app in minutes

    2014 · appsites.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Chrome Experiments▲137

    Showcase of web experiments written by creative coders

    2015 · experiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Stylish▲109

    Restyle the web with custom CSS

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Surreal CMS▲73

    A hosted CMS for web designers

    2014 · surrealcms.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Custom Elements▲119

    A web components gallery for modern web apps

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Moodboard▲104

    Share ideas with a link!

    2014 · gomoodboard.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Makers Tools▲130

    Discover new tools to build digital goodies

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    lightGallery▲6

    Create beautiful image & video galleries for your website.

    2016 · lightgalleryjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Neocities▲85

    Like Geocities only better

    2015 · neocities.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 →