Kirby CMS
Ranked 7 of 9 content management systems by recommenders
People recommend Kirby as a well designed, easy to extend alternative to WordPress that clients find simple to use, though some customer-requested features may be missing.
People recommend Kirby as a well designed, easy to extend alternative to WordPress that clients find simple to use, though some customer-requested features may be missing.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy to set up and extend
“Easy license, great functionality, very easy to setup and configure for the client side users.”
Comment from 4 Apr 2026 in “The CMS is dead. Long live the CMS” “things you need are easy to extend.”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Breaking Up with WordPress After Two Decades” Simple and fun to work with
“I used a neat PHP CMS called Kirby. It was awesome back then! So simple”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “EmDash – a spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security” “It brought back fun in working on projects with CMS as a requirement.”
Comment from 3 May 2026 in “Breaking Up with WordPress After Two Decades” Remains awesome over time
“I used a neat PHP CMS called Kirby. It was awesome back then! So simple”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “EmDash – a spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security” “It was awesome back then and it's even more awesome now”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “EmDash – a spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security”
Other content management systems people recommend
The four most recommended other content management systems, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress | 194 | 326 | 37% | 12 | 15 yrs25 owners | — |
| EmDash | 67 | 91 | 42% | 7 | — | — |
| Drupal | 30 | 48 | 38% | 9 | 6 yrs3 owners | — |
| Wagtail CMS | 11 | 1 | 92% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Kirby CMSThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“things you need are easy to extend.”
“you agree to indemnify and otherwise hold harmless Us”
“It brought back fun in working on projects with CMS as a requirement.”
“It's so much better designed than WordPress.”
“Kirby will have more niceities”
“Easy license, great functionality, very easy to setup and configure for the client side users.”
“I tend to use for most of my projects”
“It was awesome back then and it's even more awesome now”
“I used a neat PHP CMS called Kirby. It was awesome back then! So simple”
“many things were missing from Kirby for what the customer wanted”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.