What other open-source CMS options are available for building your own website besides WordPress?

For users who don't know how to code, it's certainly impossible to build a website from scratch by writing code. Choosing an open-source CMS system to build a website is a good option. Besides the one recommended by Naibabiji,WordPresswhat other open-source CMS systems are there? Naibabiji lists them for everyone.

Drupal

Like WordPress, Drupal is a popular CMS website building system abroad. Drupal is a free and open-source content management system created by Dries Buytaert, written in PHP. In the industry, Drupal is often regarded as a content management framework rather than a typical content management system. The entire platform treats all content as a „node,“ controlled by numerous „modules“ for display, modification, arrangement, classification, etc. However, the learning curve is relatively high, so it may not be suitable for users who are completely unfamiliar with coding.

Joomla

Joomla! is a free, open-source content management system written in PHP, used for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. It is commonly used to build commercial websites, personal blogs, information management systems, web services, etc., and can be further developed to expand its usage scope. Its features include page caching for improved performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news feeds, blogs, polls, site search, and language internationalization. Related article:For a foreign trade independent website, should you choose WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal?

Typecho

This is a PHP blog program developed by Chinese developers. Of course, if you can write themes yourself, it can also be used to build corporate websites or CMS websites, but more users choose it to build their own blogs. The advantages of Typecho are its lightweight and high efficiency. With only 7 database tables and less than 400KB of code, it implements a complete plugin and template mechanism. Its ultra-low CPU and memory usage can fully leverage the host's maximum performance. It is advanced and stable, natively supporting Markdown typesetting syntax, making it easy to read and write. It supports various cloud hosts like BAE/GAE/SAE, allowing it to handle sudden high traffic with ease. It is simple and user-friendly, with a carefully polished interface that remains familiar yet more mature and considerate. Every pixel is refined to move closer to perfection.

DedeCMS

DedeCMS is a website building program used by many veteran webmasters in China. Naibabiji also used it many years ago. It is very suitable for building CMS websites and is favored by Baidu. It can generate full-site HTML static files. Unfortunately, the latest version is still from 2018, with many vulnerabilities. Novice users who cannot fix bugs themselves may often get hacked.

Empire CMS

"Empire Website Management System" is translated into English as "EmpireCMS." It is a website management system based on a B/S structure that is secure, stable, powerful, and flexible. It is also the choice of many veteran webmasters. EmpireCMS hasn't been updated for a long time either, but it has fewer vulnerabilities than DedeCMS. If you can write templates for EmpireCMS yourself, you'll find it very handy to use.

Hugo

Hugo is a static website generator written in Go. It was originally created by Steve Francia in 2013. Since v0.14, it has been primarily developed by Bjørn Erik Pedersen, with contributions from developers and users worldwide. Hugo is an open-source project licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Hugo is more suitable for programmers because it generates static websites that can run directly on static hosting like GitHub. There's no need to worry about SEO; it's purely for personal records.

Halo

Halo is a modern personal independent blog system, offering another choice for those accustomed to blogging. Halo [ˈheɪloʊ] means halo. Of course, you can also read it as pinyin (Hālo). It is lightweight, simple, and powerful, a blog system developed with Java.

Discuz

The once-king forum building program. Nowadays, if you truly want to build a forum, nothing beats Discuz. A few years ago, the project nearly stopped development, but it has recently come back to life. Naibabiji is looking forward to the release of DiscuzQ.

PbootCMS

This CMS isn't truly fully open-source; some core files are encrypted. However, it is suitable for domestic corporate websites. Naibabiji has written about itTutorial. Alright, the above are some open-source CMS programs collected and shared by Naibabiji for everyone. When building your own website, you can choose the most suitable program based on your actual situation, which can save a lot of time and improve efficiency.