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KirbyGrav
Paid

Commercial licences are required for live sites.

 Free

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

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • No database; content lives in plain files and folders
  • Customizable editing panel for clients
  • No database needed, content is plain Markdown and YAML files
  • Package manager for plugins, themes and core updates
  • Paid licence for production sites
  • Requires developer work to build templates
  • Needs a PHP 8.3 server to host
  • Moving from Grav 1.x to 2 requires a migration
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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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