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Plone vs Wagtail: catalog facts
Plone	Wagtail
Free Free and open source, backed by the Plone Foundation.	Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Long security track record Headless mode with a REST API	StreamField gives editors flexible structured content Multi-site and multi-language support
Python and React stack is heavier than a simple PHP CMS Better suited to organisations than small personal sites	Building a site requires Django and Python knowledge No hosted version from the project itself
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: ZPL-2.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
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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