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Open Source Blogging Platforms Software

Found 15 self-hosted alternatives in this category.

Apache-2.0

Antville

Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software

AGPL-3.0

Castopod

Podcast management hosting platform that includes the latest podcast 2.0 standards, an automated Fediverse feed, analytics, an embeddable player, and more

BSD-3-Clause

Chyrp Lite

Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine

GPL-2.0

Dotclear

Take control over your blog

AGPL-3.0

Ech0

Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese). ([Demo](https://memo.vaaat.com/), [Source Code](https://github.com/lin-snow/Ech0))

GPL-2.0

FlatPress

A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine

MIT

fx

Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile publishing and more (alternative to Twitter, Bluesky)

MIT

Ghost

Just a blogging platform

MIT

Haven

Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader. ([Demo](https://havenweb.org/demo.html), [Source Code](https://github.com/havenweb/haven))

GPL-2.0

HTMLy

Databaseless PHP blogging platform. A flat-file CMS that allows you to create a fast, secure, and powerful website or blog in seconds. ([Demo](http://demo.htmly.com/), [Source Code](https://github.com/danpros/htmly))

Apache-2.0

Known

Collaborative social publishing platform

MIT

Mataroa

Naked blogging platform for minimalists

GPL-3.0

PluXml

XML-based blog/CMS platform

BSD-3-Clause

Serendipity

Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating

AGPL-3.0

WriteFreely

Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community