Last Updated on August 27, 2023
Open Source CMS are free but “not for nothing”
“Free” is not usually a word you think of when planning a website, but it is not a dream. Open Source CMS are free CMS. Of course, you may need a developer or two … Three of the top CMS on the market are just that – Open Source.
Compare Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress …
WordPress is a free, open source Website CMS. It has always has been free – even when I first started using it in 2015.
The Drupal CMS is also free. I began building larger websites with Drupal, but over the years I have moved from using Drupal to using WordPress. For most people, WordPress is simply easier to use.
What Does Open Source Mean, and How Can a Free System Cost Anything?
Open Source means that the source code of a software is open and freely accessible. This means that you can edit the program yourself and adapt it to your own needs. Programming knowledge is usually required for this. You may also redistribute the modified and improved program file. Open source applications are often free of charge.
Open Source is not restricted to website builders. Are few other examples of open source software tools are, Mozilla Firefox, which is an open source web browser; Ubuntu, an open source operating system based on the Linux kernel; and Audacity, an open source audio editing software.
Although Open Source software doesn’t require monetary payment, they do demand time, effort, and resources for installation, customization, and maintenance.
Even though there’s no direct financial expense, there’s an investment in terms of expertise, and time required to effectively utilize and manage open source tools.
Update: WordPress now offers full site editing.
Full Site Editing (FSE) is the umbrella term for a whole range of new features in WordPress. Full Site Editing means that a WordPress website consists exclusively of blocks.
WordPress users can edit ALL areas of their website directly in the editor (i.e. without needing any coding knowledge to do so).
https://warrenlainenaida.net/wordpress-and-the-rise-of-full-site-editing/