Wordpress alternatives

[C0bra]

Hello i am looking to start a website where people can share the software they have built. So i am looking for some advice like if i should use wordpress or some other ones.

[Eigenvektor]

5 minutes ago, C0bra said:

Hello i am looking to start a website where people can share the software they have built.

i.e. GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, …?

 

Using Wordpress or something else is a secondary concern for something like this, imho. If you want to provide uploads and downloads, the primary concern would be a fast and reliable connection. How do you want to distinguish your service from existing ones in that space?

[Master Disaster]

16 minutes ago, C0bra said:

Hello i am looking to start a website where people can share the software they have built. So i am looking for some advice like if i should use wordpress or some other ones.

Wordpress will do it though IMO WP is terrible to configure and live with.

 

You could use one of the free forums with a Download Manager plugin (I know Simple Machines Forum has a really comprehensive plugin), you could use one of the free "Dropbox likes" such as NextCloud, something vcs based like Git or even another open source CMS like Drupal.

 

It really depends on what you want to achieve.

 

Here's a list of free open source projects, something on here will fit your needs - https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome

[C0bra]

20 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

dvs GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, ...?

 

Att använda Wordpress eller något annat är en sekundär oro för något sånt här, imho. Om du vill tillhandahålla uppladdningar och nedladdningar är det primära problemet en snabb och pålitlig anslutning. Hur vill du skilja din tjänst från befintliga i det utrymmet?

I want to make so that you can upload tutorials to that software and i want to check every file upload for viruses and malwares using a vm. And the files are gonna be torrent files.

[Eigenvektor]

7 minutes ago, C0bra said:

I want to make so that you can upload tutorials to that software

GitHub and others can do this already. You can upload readme files along with source code and it also comes with an integrated Wiki. On top of that it allows people to automate tests and builds, and can be used to host the compiled binaries. The issue with documentation for most hobbyist projects isn't the fact that there's no technology able to provide it, but rather there's no one willing to actually write it.

 

7 minutes ago, C0bra said:

and i want to check every file upload for viruses and malwares using a vm.

While there's nothing wrong with that, it always amuses me when sites tell me their files are virus free, because we say so. How about I use my own antivirus anyway, just in case?

 

7 minutes ago, C0bra said:

And the files are gonna be torrent files.

Not the best idea imho. It means people need additional software to upload/download, download speeds depend on how popular a file is (i.e. how many are seeding it). And, while technically sound, Torrent also has that unfortunate connection with piracy in a lot of people's minds.