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24 alternatives to Vapid

An intentionally simple CMS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Vapid launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Vapid▲234

   An intentionally simple CMS

   2018 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Fraym▲67

   A new open-source CMS

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pagekit 1.0▲137

   A modular and lightweight open source CMS

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4SA
   Sanity – A Headless CMS Construction Kit in JavaScript▲90

   2017 · sanity.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Craft▲104

   A CMS like no other.

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6TA
   Themer – a CLI for generating themes for all your tools▲135

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7SA
   Scrivito, a serverless JavaScript CMS▲40

   2018 · scrivito.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Forestry▲187

   A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9CJ
   CMS.js – Fully Client-Side JavaScript Site Generator▲117

   2016 · cdmedia.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10CA
    Coisas, an open-source client-side CMS for static site generators▲68

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11PA
    Pagekit – A new, modern CMS built with Symfony components▲95

    2014 · pagekit.com · its alternatives →

12. 12TA
    TinyPress – A GitHub Blogging Platform▲93

    2015 · tinypress.co · its alternatives →

13. 13JT
    Joosy, the rails-tied browser app framework▲91

    2012 · borisstaal.com · its alternatives →

14. 14MW
    My Weekend Project: One-Click Developer Portfolio Website▲78

    2013 · prtflio.eu · its alternatives →

15. 15CS
    Cockpit – Self-hosted API-driven CMS. Manage content once▲71

    2014 · getcockpit.com · its alternatives →

16. 16GA
    Grav, an Open Source Flat-File CMS▲7

    2014 · getgrav.org · its alternatives →

17. 17WM
    Woofmark – Markdown, HTML, and WYSIWYG Editor▲28

    2015 · bevacqua.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18DA
    Delver, a natural language interface to your app▲52

    2013 · delver.io · its alternatives →

19. 19DA
    draughtsman, a webserver for front-end devs▲45

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20ZF
    Zest – FOSS Docs Browser with DevDocs and Stack Overflow▲42

    2016 · zestdocs.org · its alternatives →

21. 21LO
    Lightweight, Open-Source CMS Powered by Cloudflare Pages/R2/D1 [video]▲6

    2024 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

22. 22BA
    Barley - A web content editor for developers, now public.▲15

    2013 · getbarley.com · its alternatives →

23. 23JA
    JohnnyDepp – A tiny dependency manager for modern browsers in 862 bytes▲32

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24KO
    Ketchup – Open-Source CMS in Go and Typescript▲29

    2017 · 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 →