Kirby
Kirby is a commercial flat-file content management system that lets users build websites using plain text files for content without requiring a database.
It supports Markdown for text formatting,
YAML-based blueprints to define structured fields and content models, multilingual sites, customizable user roles and permissions, and built-in image manipulation and media management.
It can also be extended with plugins and custom routes, and offers optional headless CMS capabilities.
According to our data, Kirby ranks 228th among the content management systems we track.
It has 0.002% of the CMS market share and powers 0.001% of all websites.
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๐ธ Pricing
Kirby is available in both free and paid versions.
๐ Rankings and Market Share
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- Rank: 228
- Market share: 0.002%
โก Sites Powered by Kirby
We have data on 26 websites that use the Kirby CMS platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Kirby is obsproject.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2,783 | United States | English | |
| 2 | #130,131 | France | French | |
| 3 | #235,415 | France | French | |
| 4 | #421,862 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #727,206 | Germany | English | |
| 6 | #2,106,809 | France | English | |
| 7 | United Kingdom | English | ||
| 8 | Germany | German | ||
| 9 | France | English | ||
| 10 | English | |||
| 11 | United Kingdom | English | ||
| 12 | United States | English | ||
| 13 | United States | English | ||
| 14 | Germany | German | ||
| 15 | Canada | English | ||
| 16 | France | French | ||
| 17 | Germany | German | ||
| 18 | Germany | German | ||
| 19 | Germany | English | ||
| 20 | Czech Republic | Czech |
๐ Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Kirby:
- are located in Germany
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Kirby are from Germany, France, and the United States.
- Germany 32%
- France 24%
- United States 20%
- United Kingdom 8%
- Australia 4%
- Canada 4%
- Czech Republic 4%
- Liechtenstein 4%
Most Kirby users speak English, German, or French.
- English 61.5%
- German 23.1%
- French 11.5%
- Czech 3.8%
- Other 0.1%
The Kirby CMS platform is especially popular on .com, .de, and .org top-level domains.
- .com 50%
- .de 15.4%
- .org 7.7%
- .me 7.7%
- .ruhr 3.8%
- .net 3.8%
- .fr 3.8%
- .com.au 3.8%
- .cz 3.8%
- Other 0.2%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Kirby include business, Internet services, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 22.2%
- Internet Services 11.1%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.1%
- Education/Reference 11.1%
- Blogs/Wiki 11.1%
- Sports 11.1%
- Software/Hardware 11.1%
- Art/Culture/Heritage 11.1%
- Other 0.1%
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๐ฌ Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Kirby from?
Kirby is from Neckargemรผnd, Germany.
Can I use Kirby for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
What is the price of Kirby?
Kirby is priced from โฌ99 for the Basic plan.
Which country uses Kirby the most?
The majority of Kirby users are from Germany.
Who uses Kirby?
According to our data, Kirby is used on at least 26 sites, including such established ones as obsproject.com,
imec-archives.com, and
salon-automne.com.
๐๏ธ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.

