Self-hosted Blogging Platforms software
A blog is a discussion or informational website consisting of discrete, diary-style text entries (posts).
14 projects, sorted by GitHub stars (as recorded in the dataset). Star counts and dates come from the dataset snapshot, not live.
| Name | Description | License | Stars | Updated | Platforms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost | Just a blogging platform. | MIT | 55,578 | 2026-10-20 | Nodejs | Source |
| WriteFreely | Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community. | AGPL-3.0 | 5,273 | 2026-09-28 | Go | Source |
| Ech0 | Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese). | AGPL-3.0 | 2,075 | 2026-10-20 | Docker, K8S | Source |
| HTMLy | Databaseless PHP blogging platform. A flat-file CMS that allows you to create a fast, secure, and powerful website or blog in seconds. | GPL-2.0 | 1,365 | 2026-01-25 | PHP | Source |
| Known | Collaborative social publishing platform. | Apache-2.0 | 1,126 | 2026-04-12 | PHP | Source |
| Haven | Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader. | MIT | 811 | 2026-10-03 | Ruby | Source |
| Chyrp Lite | Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine. | BSD-3-Clause | 496 | 2026-08-07 | PHP | Source |
| Mataroa | Naked blogging platform for minimalists. | MIT | 372 | 2026-10-10 | Python | Source |
| bloglite | Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile publishing and more (alternative to Twitter, Bluesky). | MIT | 330 | 2026-10-20 | Docker | Source |
| PluXml | XML-based blog/CMS platform. | GPL-3.0 | 233 | 2026-08-03 | PHP | Source |
| Serendipity | Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating. | BSD-3-Clause | 228 | 2026-09-12 | PHP | Source |
| FlatPress | A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine. | GPL-2.0 | 216 | 2026-10-21 | PHP | Source |
| Antville | Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. | Apache-2.0 | 89 | 2026-07-30 | Javascript | Source |
| Dotclear | Take control over your blog. | GPL-2.0 | — | — | PHP | Source |