15 tools · 1 category

Open-source alternatives to Medium

Medium publishes articles on a shared platform under its own domain. The list below is every catalog tool tagged Blogging Platforms, which is the closest the catalog gets to the same job; none of them has been checked feature by feature against Medium.

Tool	What it is	License	Stars	Last release	Commits 3mo
Ghost Just a blogging platform. MIT · released 2026-09-01	Just a blogging platform.	MIT	55,204	v6.62.02026-09-01	1,469
WriteFreely Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-10	Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community.	AGPL-3.0	5,251	v0.17.22026-08-10	100
Ech0 Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese). AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-28	Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese).	AGPL-3.0	2,053	v5.7.02026-08-28	164
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 · released 2025-11-03	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	1,361	v3.1.12025-11-03	0
Known Collaborative social publishing platform. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-03-01	Collaborative social publishing platform.	Apache-2.0	1,123	1.6.42026-03-01	0
Haven Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader. MIT · released unknown	Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader.	MIT	802	n/ano date	11
Chyrp Lite Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-08-07	Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine.	BSD-3-Clause	493	v2026.02.022026-08-07	64
Mataroa Naked blogging platform for minimalists. MIT · released 2026-01-03	Naked blogging platform for minimalists.	MIT	367	v1.52026-01-03	17
fx Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile publishing and more (alternative to Twitter, Bluesky). MIT · released 2026-08-29	Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile publishing and more (alternative to Twitter, Bluesky).	MIT	325	v1.6.22026-08-29	6
PluXml XML-based blog/CMS platform. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-27	XML-based blog/CMS platform.	GPL-3.0	234	v5.10.0-rc32026-08-27	1
Serendipity Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating. BSD-3-Clause · released 2026-07-22	Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating.	BSD-3-Clause	227	2.6.12026-07-22	22
FlatPress A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-03-24	A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine.	GPL-2.0	215	1.5.12026-03-24	76
Antville Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. Apache-2.0 · released 2025-03-01	Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software.	Apache-2.0	90	1.6.02025-03-01	71
Castopod 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	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	n/a	n/ano date	n/a
Dotclear Take control over your blog. GPL-2.0 · released unknown	Take control over your blog.	GPL-2.0	n/a	n/ano date	n/a

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