Blogging Platforms

Publish on your own terms with self-hosted blogging engines, alternatives to Medium and Substack.

61 self-hosted apps · 933 comparisons

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Hugo

Blogging Platforms

Blazing fast static site generator for blogs and sites

Replaces WordPress, Medium

★ 89.4k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Astro

Blogging Platforms

Modern static site framework for content-driven sites

Replaces WordPress, Medium

★ 61.6k Medium setup MIT

Gatsby

Blogging Platforms

React-based static site and blog generator

Replaces WordPress, Medium

★ 55.9k Medium setup MIT

Jekyll

Blogging Platforms

Simple, blog-aware static site generator

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 51.6k Medium setup MIT

Hexo

Blogging Platforms

Fast and simple blog framework powered by Node.js

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 41.8k Medium setup MIT

Halo

Blogging Platforms

Powerful and easy-to-use open-source website builder

Replaces WordPress, Medium

★ 39.5k Medium setup GPL-3.0

Eleventy

Blogging Platforms

Simpler static site generator for fast websites

Replaces WordPress, Medium

★ 19.8k Medium setup MIT

VitePress

Blogging Platforms

Vite and Vue powered static site generator

Replaces Jekyll, GitBook

★ 18.1k Easy setup MIT

Zola

Blogging Platforms

Fast static site engine in a single binary

Replaces WordPress, Medium

★ 17.3k Medium setup MIT

Pelican

Blogging Platforms

Static site generator for Python and Markdown lovers

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 13.3k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Quartz

Blogging Platforms

Publish a digital garden from Markdown notes

Replaces Notion, Medium

★ 13k Easy setup MIT

Typecho

Blogging Platforms

Lightweight, fast blogging program

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 12.4k Easy setup GPL-2.0

Gridsome

Blogging Platforms

Vue.js static site generator with a GraphQL data layer

Replaces Gatsby, WordPress

★ 8.5k Medium setup MIT

Metalsmith

Blogging Platforms

Extremely simple pluggable static site generator

Replaces WordPress, Jekyll

★ 7.8k Medium setup MIT

Publii

Blogging Platforms

Desktop CMS for building static blogs and sites

Replaces WordPress, Squarespace

★ 7.3k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Middleman

Blogging Platforms

Ruby static site generator with modern tooling

Replaces Jekyll, WordPress

★ 7.1k Medium setup MIT

Harp

Blogging Platforms

Static web server with built-in preprocessing

Replaces Jekyll

★ 5k Easy setup MIT

Lektor

Blogging Platforms

Static CMS with a built-in admin interface

Replaces WordPress, Squarespace

★ 3.9k Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

Wintersmith

Blogging Platforms

Flexible Node.js static site and blog generator

Replaces WordPress, Jekyll

★ 3.5k Medium setup MIT

DocPad

Blogging Platforms

Streamlined static site generator for any content

Replaces WordPress, Jekyll

★ 3k Medium setup MIT

VuePress

Blogging Platforms

Vue-powered static site and documentation generator

Replaces Jekyll, GitBook

★ 2.8k Easy setup MIT

Nikola

Blogging Platforms

Static site and blog generator with rich content support

Replaces WordPress, Medium

★ 2.7k Medium setup MIT

Scully

Blogging Platforms

Static site generator for Angular applications

Replaces Gatsby, WordPress

★ 2.5k Medium setup MIT

Lume

Blogging Platforms

Static site generator for Deno

Replaces Jekyll, Hugo

★ 2.3k Easy setup MIT

Saber

Blogging Platforms

Static site generator for Vue.js sites and blogs

Replaces Gatsby, Jekyll

★ 2.1k Medium setup MIT

Ech0

Blogging Platforms

Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea

★ 2k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Bashblog

Blogging Platforms

A single Bash script for a minimalist blog

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 1.9k Easy setup GPL-3.0

Hexo Admin

Blogging Platforms

Web-based admin interface for the Hexo blog generator

Replaces WordPress

★ 1.8k Easy setup MIT

Cobalt

Blogging Platforms

Static site generator written in Rust

Replaces Jekyll, Hugo

★ 1.5k Easy setup MIT

Bridgetown

Blogging Platforms

Progressive Ruby site generator and web framework

Replaces Jekyll, WordPress

★ 1.4k Medium setup MIT

HTMLy

Blogging Platforms

Databaseless PHP blogging platform

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 1.4k Easy setup MIT

Microblog.pub

Blogging Platforms

Self-hosted single-user microblog for the fediverse

Replaces Twitter, Tumblr

★ 1.2k Medium setup AGPL-3.0

JBake

Blogging Platforms

Java-based static site and blog generator

Replaces Jekyll, WordPress

★ 1.2k Medium setup MIT

Known

Blogging Platforms

Collaborative social publishing platform

★ 1.1k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Franklin

Blogging Platforms

Static site generator written in Julia

Replaces Jekyll, Hugo

★ 1.1k Medium setup MIT

BlogEngine.NET

Blogging Platforms

Full-featured blogging platform for the .NET stack

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 987 Medium setup MS-PL

Textpattern

Blogging Platforms

Flexible, elegant content management and blogging system

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 878 Medium setup GPL-2.0

Marmite

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Zero-config static blog generator from Markdown

Replaces Medium

★ 866 Easy setup MIT

Haven

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Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader

★ 800 Medium setup MIT

Orchid

Blogging Platforms

Static site generator for documentation and blogs on the JVM

Replaces Jekyll, GitBook

★ 529 Medium setup LGPL-3.0

Chyrp Lite

Blogging Platforms

Lightweight, ultra-extensible blogging engine

Replaces WordPress, Tumblr

★ 492 Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

Soupault

Blogging Platforms

HTML-centric static website generator and processor

Replaces Jekyll, Hugo

★ 430 Medium setup MIT

Haunt

Blogging Platforms

Programmable static site and blog generator in Scheme

Replaces Jekyll

★ 400 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Mataroa

Blogging Platforms

Naked blogging platform for minimalists

Replaces Medium, Substack

★ 359 Medium setup MIT

Blogofile

Blogging Platforms

Static blog and website compiler in Python

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 347 Medium setup MIT

fx

Blogging Platforms

Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile

★ 323 Medium setup MIT

Acrylamid

Blogging Platforms

Static blog generator with incremental rebuilds

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 280 Medium setup BSD-2-Clause

Shuttlecraft

Blogging Platforms

Single-user IndieWeb blog with ActivityPub support

Replaces Twitter, Mastodon

★ 271 Medium setup MIT

PluXml

Blogging Platforms

XML-based blog and CMS without a database

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 235 Easy setup GPL-2.0

Nibbleblog

Blogging Platforms

Simple, fast blog engine that needs no database

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 228 Easy setup GPL-3.0

Serendipity

Blogging Platforms

PHP-powered weblog application with strong spam control

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 226 Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

FlatPress

Blogging Platforms

Database-free blogging engine that is easy to host

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 215 Easy setup GPL-2.0

blogc

Blogging Platforms

Compiler for static blogs and websites written in C

Replaces Jekyll, Hugo

★ 192 Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

PageCord

Blogging Platforms

Email-to-blog platform that turns messages into posts

Replaces Medium, Posthaven

★ 185 Medium setup MIT

TuxSEO

Blogging Platforms

Create automated blog content for your business, using AI

★ 59 Medium setup MIT

Saaze

Blogging Platforms

Minimal flat-file CMS and static site generator in PHP

Replaces Jekyll, WordPress

★ 52 Easy setup MIT

Dotclear

Blogging Platforms

Easy-to-use open-source blogging engine

Replaces WordPress, Blogger

★ 46 Easy setup GPL-2.0

Publ

Blogging Platforms

Flexible file-based publishing system for blogs and galleries

Replaces WordPress, Jekyll

★ 41 Medium setup MIT

Poole

Blogging Platforms

Minimalist static website generator in a single file

Replaces Jekyll

★ 31 Medium setup MIT

Publican

Blogging Platforms

Lightweight JavaScript static site and blog generator

Replaces Jekyll, Hugo

★ 20 Easy setup MIT

Pencil

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Static site generator library built in Haskell

Replaces Jekyll

★ 5 Hard setup BSD-3-Clause

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