Ask HN: lightweight and simple CMS?

[Kunlun]

Is there any lightweight CMS with a very simple interface? I would like to build a site for one of my friend, he is however not a computer oriented guy at all. He will only provide updates with title/body/picture. I do not mind the use of the technology on my side to install it. Thanks!

[valuegram]

So many options. WordPress is about as simple (from a end-user perspective) as they come, it isn't necessarily lightweight, but it's more lightweight than some other options. More importantly, it has a very active following and vibrant development community, and it's based on the LAMP stack, so hosting is very easy to come by.

[a3camero]

I second Wordpress. It's also easy to modify if you'd like to make changes that haven't already been made by others through the many plugins and templates available.

[ninjastar99]

Big fan of ExpressionEngine. Was on the fence, but used it for a critical project where simplicity was the critical point, and it was a dream to work with. No issues, and nothing that limited our extensive development ideas from coming to life.

[anthonyb]

Depends on the site, and how much free time to have to support him.

You might be able to get away with something like Jekyll, or else give your friend a template and a quick lesson in editing HTML (h1, h2, p, img, and a tags, plus testing and uploading should be about it...).

Option 2 is some sort of hosted CMS, with his domain name on the front - wordpress.com, posterous or tumblr, something like that.

[lrvick]

Those suggesting these big systems like Wordpress... lol. Wordpress is far from light. It does a lot, but it is also a monster of an application.

I wanted something ultra-light, so I made rant:

http://github.com/lrvick/rant

[tjr]

Maybe look at http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/ or http://radiantcms.org/

[twog]

Something like http://pulsecms.com should be perfect. Install takes less than two mins

[Kunlun]

Thanks a lot for your options, I will let you know what I went for.