Blogging Platforms
Sorted by GitHub stars, which measures attention rather than fitness. Read the release date and the commit count next to it before picking one.
| Tool | Stars |
|---|---|
Just a blogging platform. MIT · released 2026-09-01 | 55,204 |
Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-10 | 5,251 |
Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese). AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-28 | 2,053 |
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 · released 2025-11-03 | 1,361 |
Collaborative social publishing platform. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-03-01 | 1,123 |
Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader. MIT · released unknown | 802 |
Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-08-07 | 493 |
Naked blogging platform for minimalists. MIT · released 2026-01-03 | 367 |
Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile publishing and more (alternative to Twitter, Bluesky). MIT · released 2026-08-29 | 325 |
XML-based blog/CMS platform. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-27 | 234 |
Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-07-22 | 227 |
A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-03-24 | 215 |
Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. Apache-2.0 · released 2025-03-01 | 90 |
Podcast management hosting platform that includes the latest podcast 2.0 standards, an automated Fediverse feed, analytics, an embeddable player, and more. AGPL-3.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Take control over your blog. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
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