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Kirby vs Bludit: catalog facts
Kirby	Bludit
Paid Commercial licences are required for live sites.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
No database; content lives in plain files and folders Customizable editing panel for clients	No database needed; content stored as JSON files Markdown and WYSIWYG editors
Paid licence for production sites Requires developer work to build templates	Flat-file storage suits small sites more than large ones Smaller plugin ecosystem than database-backed CMSes
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
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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