Ask HN: Wordpress alternatives for simple content management?

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Post by jc_811 » Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 3:13 PM UTC

I do some front-end development and mostly do everything by simply writing the HTML/CSS/JS (with other frameworks included - bootstrap, etc). I enjoy writing the code and the flexibility it gives.

The issue is when clients want to be able to update the content themselves. I know this is where wordpress shines, however I've used it in the past and wasn't a big fan.

Do you guys use/know of any alternatives that can provide simple content editing without all the extra baggage that comes with WordPress? Ideally it would be something where you can easily edit any

tags , or tags with a special class such as

No database or backend needed, but something where a client is able to edit text in an easy manner; and I still have full control over the HTML and code.

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Wordpress alternatives for simple content management?

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Post by szensius » Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 3:32 PM UTC

I do a lot of Wordpress development as well and I'm not a huge fan. This GitHub repo has a long list of flat file CMS options:https://github.com/ahadb/flat-file-cms

I've used Kirby and found it to be pretty intuitive if you have a custom design. The thing that is lacking from these other options is a lot of theme options which Wordpress has a plethora of. Often my clients don't have the budget for a full fledged design and there are plenty of Wordpress themes out there which make it easy to have a decent looking website (mobile responsive, custom fonts, intuitive layout, etc). Hope that helps.

Re: Ask HN: Wordpress alternatives for simple content management?

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Post by mtmail » Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 6:13 PM UTC

There are a couple of cloudbased CMS like https://www.contentful.com/ or http://getcockpit.com/ They make money by storing the content (monthly subscription) and could be too expensive if you have many clients.