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SerendipityFlatPress
Free

Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.

 Free

Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Long track record since 2002
  • Plugin and theme repository installable from the admin
  • No database; backups are a file copy
  • Plugin system with widgets and Smarty themes
  • Smaller community than WordPress
  • Classic PHP blog design rather than a modern headless setup
  • Aimed at blogs rather than larger structured websites
  • Smaller theme and plugin choice than major CMSs
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause License: GPL-2.0
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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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