There are a lot of open source content management systems and blogging systems. WordPress is very famous for blogging but now it is also using as content management system and e-commerce solutions. I like wordpress because it is very easy to manage and user friendly. Following is list of few other cms for blogs and websites and these are open source.
Drupal is not just for blogging, it is a complete content management system and also using for e-commerce and social community sites. Drupal provides wide range of modules for e-commerce, video/photo galleries, mailing lists management etc.
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Joomla is also famous content management system as well support for blogging but not good choice. It can be use for simple websites to complex websites like community sites, corporate sites. Joomla is very simple for non technical users to handle website content. Any skill level user can update website content, add images, article, etc.
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CMS Made Simple is template system, driven using the Smarty Template Engine. It provides easy development and customization with themes, modules, translations. Non-technical user can also handle cms made simple based sites very easily. It has a web based admin section for theme, template, and style sheets development, installing, updating and add on modules, configuring page content blocks, and user groups and permissions. Blogs, galleries, e-commerce sites, forum builder, guestbooks and much more can be configure on cms made simple.
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Modx is content management system that gives you control of your online sites. It is easy-to-use, standards-compliant, search-engine-friendly, functional, and extensible CMS. It places no limits on CSS or HTML code that use to build site, PHP or javascript code can also easily added to meet requirements
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Blogger is powered by Google. Its template designer lets you easily create a blog that looks uniquely yours. With just a click after selecting a template, user can choose the layout, colors, fonts, and background for blog. For users who want more control, can use advanced design features to do everything from changing the color of links to adding custom CSS
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Another powerful free blog and cms software. It includes photo management, versatile skins and multiples blogs. Content management system features include pages, configurable menus and user and group permissions. Its free and open-source as above mentioned softwares.
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Geeklog is a blogging and content management system with support for comments, trackbacks, multiple syndication formats, spam protection, and all the other vital features are required for any site or blog. It has many plugins line forums, image galleries etc
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LifeType is an open-source blogging platform with support for multiple blogs and users in a single installation. It offers integrated media management, freely available templates, built-in anti-spam filter, support for trackbacks, mobile templates, etc.
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Nucleus is one of the fastest growing blogging tools/CMS that offers maintenance of one or more weblogs, multiple authors, draft and future posts, plugins and much more.
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Movable type is a powerful blogging, content management system software that can be used for to build websites, blogs, and communities on a single platform. Multiple websites and blogs with one install of Movable Type.
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I think drupal is mostly used for e-commerce sites. Completely agree with you Joomla is not a good choice for blogs.
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