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Kirby vs Textpattern: catalog facts
Kirby	Textpattern
Paid Commercial licences are required for live sites.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
No database; content lives in plain files and folders Customizable editing panel for clients	Tag-based templates with clean HTML output Lean core extendable with plugins
Paid licence for production sites Requires developer work to build templates	Requires PHP and MySQL hosting Smaller plugin and theme ecosystem than larger CMSes
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	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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