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HubPress vs Wagtail: What are the differences?

Developers describe HubPress as "A web application to build your blog on GitHub". HubPress is a free, open source tool to build your future awesome blog!. On the other hand, Wagtail is detailed as "A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience". Wagtail is a Django content management system built originally for the Royal College of Art and focused on flexibility and user experience.

HubPress and Wagtail can be primarily classified as "Self-Hosted Blogging / CMS" tools.

Some of the features offered by HubPress are:

  • All you need is a free GitHub account, no server's rent, no subscription.
  • Fork the hubpress.io repository, update the config file and it's done, your Blog is ready.
  • We integrated Disqus, all you need to start conversations with your readers is a Disqus shortname.

On the other hand, Wagtail provides the following key features:

  • A fast, attractive editor interface
  • Complete control over design with standard Django templates
  • Configure content types through standard Django models

HubPress and Wagtail are both open source tools. It seems that Wagtail with 7.45K GitHub stars and 1.62K forks on GitHub has more adoption than HubPress with 2.85K GitHub stars and 3K GitHub forks.

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Pros of HubPress
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      Highly customizable
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      Very Flexible
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      StreamFields are amazing
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      Web content management
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      Non-tech colleagues can update website content
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      Fast as hell
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      Easy setup
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      Customizable
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      Solid documentation
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      Very High Performance
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      Plugins & themes
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      No dynamic blocks nesting (e.g. like in Umbraco CMS)
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      Good for geeks and not for the business
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      Everything's a heavy lifting
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      The Wharton School

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        Not a full CMS: basic components require heavy coding
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        Small developer community
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        Expensive to develop

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      What is HubPress?

      HubPress is a free, open source tool to build your future awesome blog!

      What is Wagtail?

      Wagtail is a Django content management system built originally for the Royal College of Art and focused on flexibility and user experience.

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