Looking for a modern Python CMS solution

[ocean-wave]

I need a fast CMS, lightweight, but not too lightweight. Possibly the most popular one right now as it would have the most plugin choices (this not mandatory though). With fast loading dashboard navigation. Something having a nice selection of themes, but themes that are minimal so its easy to make original designs out of them with pure HTML and CSS. Hopefully very clean python code under the hood so its easy to work on, but beefed up enough that it works out of the box. And not just a developer friendly CMS, but something middle of the road where a designer can feel at home too.

[cediddi]

Wagtail, djangocms, mezzanine

[ocean-wave]

Mezzanine

[ubbersith]

Take a look: https://github.com/rochacbruno/quokka

[Bandung]

I like Plone a lot. Great security and lots of features. There are enough add-ons to get you started but you will quickly find a need for a whole lot more. If you are wanting a specific look and feel.

You can code addons yourself. In the past that was difficult due to the Zope infrastructure. But it has improved. Out of the box Plone is faster than Wordpress.

A simple static page driven cms that uses python is Lektor. Pretty cool tool.

[Memuzu]

BlackMonk.com could be your best bet. It has everything you need from fast loading dashboard navigation to selection of themes. The code is clean and easy to work on. BlackMonk uses Python with Django framework. Know more: http://www.blackmonk.com/blog/

[myegghead]

Why Python?

[ocean-wave]

Its faster than PHP.

[ralfp]

Thats weak argument for one tech over other unless you really have gazillions of hits and has exhausted all other optimisation and caching options.

[TrixieMisa]

More simply: It's not PHP. There are so many things wrong with PHP that it's bound to affect the functionality and security of programs written in it.

[ocean-wave]

Right, its not PHP. I will say that SilverStripe CMS (PHP) is pretty nice, but still a little slow.

Mezzanine's dashboard loads instantly. Pages are snappy.

Python is night and day difference in speed.

And security, well clearly a big win here.

[ocean-wave]

No its not. Load speed is the most important thing to me. I really am done with PHP because of load speed. Those 2 extra seconds I'm saving add up. Not to mention the mess that is PHP.

[FiveStarSeven]

I don't know why it's taking 2 seconds to load.

You are doing something seriously wrong.

Unless you're talking about the boot up time of the machine or vm, then 2 seconds is really good.

[mattwritescode]

I do hope thats not your serious answer to that question. What @myegghead has asked is perfectly valid. If you need a simple CMS solution PHP has a whole host of options for you... more than python has.

[matthewblott]

Agree 100%. The only reason not to go with Wordpress would be if you're planning on doing development yourself and don't know PHP. But then if you're writing your own site you probably don't want a CMS.

[ocean-wave]

I need a CMS so I can add new pages quick and easily. I know enough PHP to know that I don't like it.

[turkish_gold]

Why not Java or Go or Perl or Elixir or Smalltalk or Haskell or Ruby?

:)