Websites and hosting
Globalsites alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
decaporg/decap-cms★19,295 GitHub starsMIT licenceA Git-based CMS allowing non-developers to edit static site content via a web UI.Open on GitHub ↗webstudio-is/webstudio★8,842 GitHub starsAGPL-3.0 licenceVisual website builder for creating and hosting sites without code, integrating with headless CMSes.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Access to the vendor's packaged repository and any manual support the vendor provides
- Any bespoke theme or polish included in the paid package
- Vendor-managed updates/hand-holding for granting repo access
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Globalsites, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.