Joomla Alternatives: 5 Modern CMS Options Compared
Five Joomla alternatives — modern PHP with UnfoldCMS, the WordPress ecosystem, or headless with Strapi and Directus.
Five Joomla alternatives — modern PHP with UnfoldCMS, the WordPress ecosystem, or headless with Strapi and Directus.
Five KeystoneJS alternatives compared — code-first Payload, UI-modeled UnfoldCMS and Directus, Node Strapi, or hosted Sanity.
Five TinaCMS alternatives — Decap to stay git-backed, UnfoldCMS/Strapi/Directus for a database, or Storyblok for hosted visual editing.
Five Decap CMS alternatives — TinaCMS for better git editing, UnfoldCMS/Strapi/Directus for a database, or Storyblok for hosted visual editing.
Move off Storyblok to a self-hosted CMS — export, map the block model, convert rich text, import, and protect rankings with redirects.
Move off Directus to a content-first CMS — export from SQL, map collections, import, and keep rankings with 301 redirects.
Move off Hygraph to a self-hosted CMS — export via GraphQL, map models, import, rewrite the query layer to REST, and protect SEO.
Move off Cosmic to a self-hosted CMS — export via REST, map objects, import, and keep rankings with 301 redirects. A light, REST-to-REST move.
What a SaaS blog needs from a CMS, and why self-hosted headless beats bolting on WordPress — same domain, same design, owned content.
What a magazine site needs from a CMS — multi-author, scheduling, taxonomy, media, SEO — and where a modern self-hosted option fits. Honest limits included.
How to connect a headless CMS to Preact with zero bundle cost — native fetch, prerendering, and webhook rebuilds.
How to wire a headless CMS to Deno Fresh — web-standard fetch in a handler, edge caching, and webhook cache busting.