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KeystoneJS vs CouchCMS: What are the differences?
Developers describe KeystoneJS as "Node.js CMS and web application platform built on Express and MongoDB". Keystone is the easiest way to build database-driven websites, applications and APIs in Node.js. On the other hand, CouchCMS is detailed as "A light-weight CMS for web designers". It is a free, open source and simple Content Management System that can be used to design beautiful websites without any knowledge of PHP.
KeystoneJS and CouchCMS can be categorized as "Self-Hosted Blogging / CMS" tools.
Some of the features offered by KeystoneJS are:
- Express.js and MongoDB
- Dynamic Routes
- Database Fields
On the other hand, CouchCMS provides the following key features:
- Retrofits into any existing static site
- No knowledge of PHP required
- gives you an absolutely blank admin-panel to begin with
KeystoneJS and CouchCMS are both open source tools. It seems that KeystoneJS with 14.7K GitHub stars and 2.37K forks on GitHub has more adoption than CouchCMS with 239 GitHub stars and 61 GitHub forks.
Pros of CouchCMS
- You can also create API using CouchCMS1
- JSON,IoT,PHP,Typeahead, just fit Couch into it1
- If the code works, you can retrofit CouchCMS1
Pros of KeystoneJS
- Out-of-box tools and basic services7
- Large community3
- Great schema-based auto-generated admin interface2
- Great CMS and API platform2
- Great sandbox to play with nodejs2
- Great integrations1
- A great MEAN stack1
- Detail documentations and tutorials1
- Free1
- Rapid development1
- Open source1
- "easy setup", "uses mongodb"1
- Fast on V81
- Similar to wordpress1
- Fast growing community cms framework1
- Great culture1