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