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SPIP vs Textpattern: catalog facts
SPIP	Textpattern
Free Free software under the GNU GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Built for collaborative editing Strong multilingual support	Tag-based templates with clean HTML output Lean core extendable with plugins
Community and documentation are mostly French-speaking Needs your own web server	Requires PHP and MySQL hosting Smaller plugin and theme ecosystem than larger CMSes
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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