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Grav vs Textpattern: catalog facts
Grav	Textpattern
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	Tag-based templates with clean HTML output Lean core extendable with plugins
Needs a PHP 8.3 server to host Moving from Grav 1.x to 2 requires a migration	Requires PHP and MySQL hosting Smaller plugin and theme ecosystem than larger CMSes
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
No account 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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