What are people using these days to build commercial small scale websites?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/webdev
CMS content-management GraphQL Content Management Systems (CMS) PHP

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  • MODX

    MODX Revolution - Content Management Framework

    • Been a while since I used it but I loved MODx for this type of usecase: https://modx.com/

  • Kirby

    Kirby's core application folder

    • https://getkirby.com is like Statamic, only without Laravel bloat and cheaper.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • cms

    The core Laravel CMS Composer package

  • Grav

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

  • Strapi

    🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable and developer-first.

    • You can try Strapi or KeystoneJS. Both are OS. Strapi will be easier to setup, although it's not as flexible as Keystone and to my findings a bit more buggy.

  • KeystoneJS

    The most powerful headless CMS for Node.js — built with GraphQL and React

    • You can try Strapi or KeystoneJS. Both are OS. Strapi will be easier to setup, although it's not as flexible as Keystone and to my findings a bit more buggy.

  • Directus

    The Modern Data Stack 🐰 — Directus is an instant REST+GraphQL API and intuitive no-code data collaboration app for any SQL database.

    • Websites that require content management: I raise an instance of Directus, setup the data-model and then write a frontend for it. Frontend will either be PHP-based with direct access to the backend database or CSR-based with access to the data through Directus' web-api and webhooks.

  • SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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