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GravFlatPress
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence, with optional premium plugins sold separately.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • No database needed, content is plain Markdown and YAML files
  • Package manager for plugins, themes and core updates
  • No database; backups are a file copy
  • Plugin system with widgets and Smarty themes
  • Needs a PHP 8.3 server to host
  • Moving from Grav 1.x to 2 requires a migration
  • Aimed at blogs rather than larger structured websites
  • Smaller theme and plugin choice than major CMSs
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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