Open Source Blogging & Personal Sites Software
Blogging & Personal Sites software provides environments for writing, formatting, and publishing articles and microblogs to the web. These tools manage the storage of text, media, and comments while handling the delivery of newsletters to readers. This type of software serves writers and creators who need a dedicated space for their public archives. Self-hosting these apps ensures that the writing history and subscriber lists remain on private hardware. This approach prevents external platforms from restricting content or charging fees to access personal archives.
This page lists 15 open source tools in the Blogging & Personal Sites category. The most popular are Ghost, Halo and WordPress. Most use the AGPL-3.0 or MIT license, and 13 offer an official Docker image.
Ghost
A professional publishing platform for managing content, sending email newsletters, and handling paid subscriptions for independent creators.
Halo
An open-source website builder for creating personal blogs, knowledge bases, corporate sites, and online stores.
WordPress
Create and manage websites, blogs, and online stores with a self‑hosted open‑source publishing platform.
Standard Notes
A cross platform note taking application featuring end to end encryption and synchronization across unlimited devices.
WriteFreely
A minimalist, Markdown-based publishing platform designed for distraction-free writing and the creation of federated communities.
Artalk
A self-hosted comment system for blogs and websites featuring a lightweight client and Golang server.
Movim
A federated blogging and chat platform that serves as a web frontend for the XMPP protocol.
Ech0
A self-hosted personal microblogging platform for publishing ideas and media to a shareable personal timeline.
Publify
A self hosted web publishing platform built on Ruby on Rails for blogging and short messages.
Bludit
A flat-file content management system for building websites and blogs without requiring a database installation.
HTMLy
A databaseless PHP blogging platform and flat-file content management system designed for simplicity and speed.
CourseLit
A self hosted platform for building and selling online courses and digital downloads from a private website.
Idno
A social publishing platform for creating blogs and connecting with others via decentralized web protocols.
Sigle
A secure writing platform for Web3 creators to publish and monetize content on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Zenblog
A headless content management system for blogging that provides an API and SDK for custom website integration.
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