Quartz
Blogging PlatformsPublish a digital garden from Markdown notes
Replaces Notion, Medium
Best Offline-First Blogging Platforms for self-hosting
The 11 best Offline-First blogging platforms you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Publii
Blogging PlatformsDesktop CMS for building static blogs and sites
Replaces WordPress, Squarespace
Bashblog
Blogging PlatformsA single Bash script for a minimalist blog
Replaces WordPress, Blogger
Cobalt
Blogging PlatformsStatic site generator written in Rust
Replaces Jekyll, Hugo
JBake
Blogging PlatformsJava-based static site and blog generator
Replaces Jekyll, WordPress
Franklin
Blogging PlatformsStatic site generator written in Julia
Replaces Jekyll, Hugo
Haunt
Blogging PlatformsProgrammable static site and blog generator in Scheme
Replaces Jekyll
Acrylamid
Blogging PlatformsStatic blog generator with incremental rebuilds
Replaces WordPress, Blogger
blogc
Blogging PlatformsCompiler for static blogs and websites written in C
Replaces Jekyll, Hugo
Publican
Blogging PlatformsLightweight JavaScript static site and blog generator
Replaces Jekyll, Hugo
Pencil
Blogging PlatformsStatic site generator library built in Haskell
Replaces Jekyll
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 13,382 |
| Publii | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 7,338 |
| Bashblog | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 32 MB | GPL-3.0 | 1,930 |
| Cobalt | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 1,538 |
| JBake | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 1,162 |
| Franklin | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 1,072 |
| Haunt | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 128 MB | GPL-3.0 | 400 |
| Acrylamid | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 64 MB | BSD-2-Clause | 280 |
| blogc | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 32 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 192 |
| Publican | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 20 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Quartz (13,382 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Bashblog (from 32 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 5 of 11 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Offline-First within the blogging platforms category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.