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Bolt CMSWordPress
Free

Free and open source under the MIT license.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • REST and GraphQL APIs included
  • Content types defined in readable YAML
  • Very large library of themes and plugins
  • Visual block editor with live preview
  • Small maintainer team since 2024
  • Only the latest minor release is supported
  • Needs a PHP and database server to self-host
  • Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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