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Kirby vs Typemill: catalog facts
Kirby	Typemill
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 required, content stored as Markdown files Visual and raw Markdown editors
Paid licence for production sites Requires developer work to build templates	Focused on documentation-style sites rather than general websites Requires a PHP web server
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is 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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