Self-Hosted WordPress & CMS Alternatives (2026)
Ranked by how painless they are to run yourself — from one-click deploys and single docker run commands up to multi-service stacks. Lower difficulty first.
Lightweight federated micro-blog for personal idea sharing
File-based CMS with no database required
Leading open-source headless CMS with flexible API and content type builder
Modern open-source publishing platform for blogs and newsletters
Developer-first headless CMS and application framework built with TypeScript
World's most widely used open-source CMS and blogging engine
Laravel-based CMS with a clean plugin marketplace
Headless CMS and GraphQL API platform for Node.js
Minimalist federated blogging platform built on ActivityPub
Battle-tested open-source CMS powering millions of websites
Node.js CMS with powerful in-context page editing
Content-first CMS crafted for developers and editors