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Alternatives to Alchemy CMS

Compare healthier or more active tools in the same use case using ToolVitals public evidence.

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Why compare

Signals behind this alternatives page

  • Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.
  • Health score: 85/100.
  • Shipping score: 98/100.

Switching guide

Best alternatives by need

Best overallGhost

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsGhost, Wagtail, Grav, EmDash CMS

Stronger current public-health signal than Alchemy CMS.

Verified open/source-visibleGhost, Wagtail, Grav, EmDash CMS

Useful when portability and inspectability matter.

License unknown, source-visible signalsKirby, OctoberCMS

Public source signals exist, but ToolVitals has not verified the license class.

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Ranked alternatives

Best-fit content management options

12 tools
01

Ghost

Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

Active
Health100
Shipping100
Score100
Confidence100
Stars54.6k
ModeSource-visible project
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03

Grav

Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS powered by PHP, Markdown, Twig, and Symfony

Active
Health90
Shipping98
Score95
Confidence99
Stars15.6k
ModeSource-visible project
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05

Ech0

Ech0 – An open-source, self-hosted lightweight publishing platform for personal idea sharing.

Active
Health87
Shipping95
Score90
Confidence82
Stars2k
ModeSource-visible project
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09

Halo

Halo 是一款强大易用的开源建站工具，从个人博客、知识库，到企业官网、在线商城，Halo 都能助您轻松实现，一站式满足您的多样化建站需求。

Active
Health89
Shipping78
Score88
Confidence100
Stars39.4k
ModeLibrary / Framework
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11

E107

e107 Bootstrap CMS (Content Management System) v2 with PHP, MySQL, HTML5, jQuery and Twitter Bootstrap. Issue Discussion Room: https://gitter.im/e107inc/e107

Active
Health79
Shipping87
Score87
Confidence97
Stars330
ModeSource-visible project
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