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Kirby

File-based CMS from Germany with a one-time licence.

proprietary self-hostable Bastian Allgeier GmbH (Kirby) · DE

No database, a lovely panel, a fair price; runs on the cheapest hosting.

Website ↗ Source ↗ Plan “Website” with it

How you can run it

Way	Where the data lives	Price basis	Verdict
Host it myself	your own server or hardware	free	green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure.

Facts

Company / project	Bastian Allgeier GmbH (Kirby) (DE)
Licence	proprietary
Self-hosting footprint	256 MB RAM · 0.25 vCPU · 2 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people
Commonly replaces	Squarespace
Provenance	curated, verified 2026-09-04

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