1. WordPress.org
WordPress is web software you can
use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress
is both free and priceless at the same time.
Ready to get started? Download WordPress 4.0.1
2. Joomla.org
3. Drupal.org
Use Drupal to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications. Thousands of add-on modules and designs let you build any site you can imagine. Join us!
4. Ghost.org
Simple Design, Advanced Technology
Looks like a kitten, runs like a cheetah
5. Droplets.com
Welcome to an Easier Way to Blog
Introducing Dropplets, a fresh platform dedicated to making blogging simple again. With no database, you can install Dropplets in seconds on any server, compose offline using markdown, then simply upload to publish.View a Demo
Bolt is a tool for Content Management, which
strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible. It is quick to
set up, easy to configure, uses elegant templates, and above all: It’s a
joy to use. Bolt is created using modern open source libraries, and is
best suited to build sites in HTML5 with modern markup.
Anchor is a super-simple, lightweight blog system, made to let you just write.
Wardrobe
A Minimal Blogging Application.
Wardrobe is a minimalistic blogging application. Wardrobe
attempts to make blogging simple and enjoyable by
utilizing the latest technologies and keeping the
administration as simple as possible with the primary focus on writing. 
Paid Systems
9. phpBlog - Powerful Blog CMS
phpBlog is a multi-purpose CMS (Content Management System). It can be
used not only for blog sites, it can be used for portals, company sites
and many other. It is clean, simple, fast, seo optimized, user-friendly
and have very good security.
Features
- Responsive Layout
- Dynamic Menu Creator – You can add, edit, delete menus
- SEO Optimized
- Clean and Simple
- User-Friendly
- Easy Installation
- Pages System – You can create, edit, delete pages
- Widgets System – You can add, edit, delete widgets
- Comments System – Users can write comments to the articles and portfolio projects
- Admin Panel – The place from which you can manage your entire site
- Articles Management – You can add, edit, delete articles
- Comments Management – You can add, edit, delete comments
- Projects Management – You can add, edit, delete projects
- Contact Form – Users can send messages to the site owner / team
- WYSIWYG Editor
- Good Security – The site will be protected from hackers or unwanted visitors
- Shell Scanner – It scans for files with malicious content or shells
- Guard System (Security System) – System that will protect your site
- Ban System – You can block certain users to visit your site
- Articles Categories – You can manage the articles categories
- Project Categories – You can manage the portfolio categories
- Advertisment System – You can place ads on your site
- Languages System – You can make your site with multiple languages and translations
- Search System – Users can search in the site
- Services / Features Management – You can manage the services / features of your product
- Newsletter System – Users can subscribe to earn notifications from your site
- Well Documented
- Nice UI
- Works with Database
- Sliders
- Files Management – You can upload, view, delete files
- Administrators Management – You can add, edit, delete site administrators
- and many more…
Check the demo
Please note that some features are disabled in demo mode!
Admin Panel: http://antonov-web.com/demos/phpBlog/admin
Username: admin
Password: admin
10. E-BLOG - New Definition Of Blog
E-Blog is a web
application CMS (Content Management System) built in PHP based on MVC
pattern (Model-View-Controller) written in OOP technique, with PDO (PHP
Data Objects) as a method of connecting
to a DBMS (MySQL ). The design is developed using HTML5, CSS3,
JavaScript using frameworks Bootstrap (vs 2.3.2) and jQuery (vs 1.10.2).
Live demo
Briggle is a group or single blogging platform. Multiple authors have
access to post and maintain a discussion, upload images, and stay
updated with each other.
Briggle was developed for a group of friends that wanted an easy way to have discussions, tell stories, upload images, and give advice while maintaining the privacy to enable private access or enable guest login access.
Live demo
- You can view a demo of website: Live Demo
- You can view a demo of admin panel Live Demo
- user: admin
- pass: demo
=== E-BLOG FEATURES ===
E-Blog vs 1.2
- Fixed “replies” bugs
- Change Text Editor with new one
- Comments have now small text editor
E-Blog vs 1.1
- Fixed some bugs
- Fixed SEO for some pages
- When someone posts on the blog owner receives an email
- When the owner make a new post, subscribers receives an email
- LANGUAGE SUPORT
- 2 new config files (translate_blog, translate_admin)
- translate_blog = owner has possibility to translate all content of website
- translate_admin = owner has possibility to translate all content of admin panel
- WEBSITE
- all blogrolls link now will open in new window
- ADMINISTRATION
- new item menu called “Subscribers” which list all subscribers from database, they can be deleted
E-Blog vs 1.0
- CMS application, very well organized
- programming: PHP 5.3+, MVC, OOP, MySQL 5.x, PDO, JavaScript, AJAX
- design: HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 2.3.2, jQuery 1.10.2 + responsive
- Compatible Browsers: IE8, IE9, IE10, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome
- validation: JavaScript, HTML 5, PHP
- reCAPTCHA, protection against XSS and CSFR
- very well organized and reviewed
- library for manipulating images especially designed for bootstrap thumbnails
- application is structured into modules
- WEBSITE
- Frendly URL
- Optimized SEO
- Ajax pagination with Prev/Next controls
- After search, displays more results on the same page by pressing a button
- Achieving goal does not require knowledge of PHP programming administration
- ADMINISTRATION
- include simple theme for administration
- fluid design
- easy and intuitive to use
- can set the number of posts that appear on the first page
- can set the number of words in a post on the front page, in search by tags in order to create a more harmonious design
- can set the number of recent posts, recent comments, popular post visible to users
- disabling a post (will not be deleted, it will just to be offline for users)
- settings for Social Pages, Like, Share for: Facebook, Twitter and Google+
- creating a slide simply by loading the pictures you want; if you upload a single picture it will appear as a banner under the main menu of the application
- possibility of activating or deactivating a module
- ordering certain modules in page after user preference
- Send e-mail to user for approved, unapproved comment
- Photos: upload up to “many” images at a time (recomanded 4 at a time), displayed as gallery
- include helpful information for managing the application
- application can easily turn into a personal php framework
- and so much more …
11. PhpBlogifier
Standalone blog or convert any HTML template to a blog in minutes!
12. Briggle
Briggle was developed for a group of friends that wanted an easy way to have discussions, tell stories, upload images, and give advice while maintaining the privacy to enable private access or enable guest login access.
Features Include
- Group Blogging or Single Blogging
- Validated HTML5, CSS3
- Secure Login Authentication
- Commenting System
- SEO URLs
- Unlimited Posts
- Unlimited Comments
- Unlimited Image Uploads
- Automatic URL Formatting in Posts, Comments
- Built on a Custom MVC-like architecture, Easy to Customize and Extend
- Guest Login Access
- Multiple User Ranking System
- Simple Custom Theming
- Email Notifications
- Very Clean Code
