Ghost Just a blogging platform. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 55,622MITNodejsupdated Oct 2026
WriteFreely Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog, or an entire community. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 5,275AGPL-3.0Goupdated Sept 2026
E Ech0 Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese). Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging PlatformsContent Management Systems (CMS) 2,078AGPL-3.0Dockerupdated Oct 2026
H HTMLy Databaseless PHP blogging platform. A flat-file CMS that allows you to create a fast, secure, and powerful website or blog in seconds. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging PlatformsContent Management Systems (CMS) 1,367GPL-2.0PHPupdated Jan 2026
K Known Collaborative social publishing platform. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 1,125Apache-2.0PHPupdated Apr 2026
Haven Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 811MITRubyupdated Oct 2026
C Chyrp Lite Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 498BSD-3-ClausePHPupdated Aug 2026
M Mataroa Naked blogging platform for minimalists. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 373MITPythonupdated Oct 2026
B bloglite Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile publishing and more (alternative to Twitter, Bluesky). Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 335MITDockerupdated Oct 2026
P PluXml XML-based blog/CMS platform. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 233GPL-3.0PHPupdated Aug 2026
S Serendipity Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 229BSD-3-ClausePHPupdated Sept 2026
F FlatPress A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 217GPL-2.0PHPupdated Oct 2026
Antville Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. Self-hostedOpen sourceBlogging Platforms 90Apache-2.0Javascriptupdated Jul 2026