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Octopress vs WordPress

A side-by-side look at Octopress and WordPress. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Octopress

Octopress

Development

Octopress is an open-source, minimalist framework for generating static blogs and websites using Jekyll and Markdown. It is easy to set up and customize, integrates well with GitHub pages for hosting, and has a clean, responsive theme out of the box.

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WordPress

WordPress

Development

WordPress is an open-source content management system based on PHP and MySQL. It has a large community of developers and users and is highly customizable through themes and plugins. WordPress is commonly used for blogging, ecommerce, and general websites.

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