> not ghost - too clunky to use. what else?

What happened to Ghost (haven't kept up to date)? I remember in the first few years it felt so promising, snappy and delightful.

It’s still there, still going strong but these days it’s primarily a publishing platform for blogs, magazines and digital newsletters. I’d say it’s more a competitor to Substack than Wordpress.

I guess it depends what you need to build. I used to use Wordpress for all my personal and client projects but I then moved to Kirby[0] and I couldn’t be happier.

But I think it highly depends on what kind of projects you work on.

[0] https://getkirby.com/

For a start (I went to have a look), I don't think most Wordpress installs can be replaced by something that costs $21,896 a site!

EDIT: I do wonder if the website is just broken? That seems like a crazy price to charge, while being such a specific number. That is definately what I'm being asked for however.

I have no idea where you got that price. Licenses are 99$ per site.

EDIT: they do automatically add VAT based on your location so maybe that’s completely broken for you? Only thing I can think of.