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KeystoneJS vs ExpressionEngine: What are the differences?

KeystoneJS: 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; ExpressionEngine: Open-Source and feature-rich content management system. It is a flexible, feature-rich, free open-source content management platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations around the world to easily manage their web site.

KeystoneJS and ExpressionEngine belong to "Self-Hosted Blogging / CMS" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by KeystoneJS are:

  • Express.js and MongoDB
  • Dynamic Routes
  • Database Fields

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

  • Your site content is stored in channels—flexible data containers with fields for any type of information
  • A Template may contain ANYTHING that a webpage might contain: HTML, JavaScript, PHP, whatever
  • Live Preview

KeystoneJS and ExpressionEngine are both open source tools. It seems that KeystoneJS with 14.7K GitHub stars and 2.37K forks on GitHub has more adoption than ExpressionEngine with 183 GitHub stars and 46 GitHub forks.

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Pros of ExpressionEngine
Pros of KeystoneJS
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    • 7
      Out-of-box tools and basic services
    • 3
      Large community
    • 2
      Great schema-based auto-generated admin interface
    • 2
      Great CMS and API platform
    • 2
      Great sandbox to play with nodejs
    • 1
      Great integrations
    • 1
      A great MEAN stack
    • 1
      Detail documentations and tutorials
    • 1
      Free
    • 1
      Rapid development
    • 1
      Open source
    • 1
      "easy setup", "uses mongodb"
    • 1
      Fast on V8
    • 1
      Similar to wordpress
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      Fast growing community cms framework
    • 1
      Great culture

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    What is ExpressionEngine?

    It is a flexible, feature-rich, free open-source content management platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations around the world to easily manage their web site.

    What is KeystoneJS?

    Keystone is the easiest way to build database-driven websites, applications and APIs in Node.js.

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    What are some alternatives to ExpressionEngine and KeystoneJS?
    WordPress
    The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
    Craft
    Craft is a content management system (CMS) that’s laser-focused on doing one thing really, really well: managing content.
    Joomla!
    Joomla is a simple and powerful web server application and it requires a server with PHP and either MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server to run it.
    Drupal
    Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.
    CodeIgniter
    CodeIgniter is a proven, agile & open PHP web application framework with a small footprint. It is powering the next generation of web apps.
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