Bear Blog AlternativesBlog Publishing Tools and other similar apps like Bear Blog

Bear Blog is described as 'Privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging. No trackers, no JavaScript, no stylesheets. Just your words' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Bear Blog, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Mac and Android apps. The best Bear Blog alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Bear Blog are Ghost, Tumblr, GitHub Gist and Neocities.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Bear Blog alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. WordPress icon
     1666 likes

    Create a website or blog with open-source software focused on accessibility, ease of use, performance, and security. Minimal setup, powerful growth features, and a large community supporting democratization of publishing.

    110 WordPress alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
     
  2. Ghost icon
     254 likes

    The world's most popular modern publishing platform for creating a new media platform.

    274 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
  3. Tumblr icon
     463 likes

    Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people.

    110 Tumblr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    |
    1
    Tumblr vs Bear Blog Comments
    Douze
    Negative
    1

    Tumblr is much more oriented towards visual stuff: images, gifs, videos... Bearblog on the other hand is focused on text articles, although it does allow for image integration.

    • Tumblr is Free and ProprietaryBear Blog is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. GitHub Gist icon
     193 likes

    Gist is a simple way to share snippets and pastes with others. All gists are git repositories, so they are automatically versioned, forkable and usable as a git repository.

    86 GitHub Gist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Neocities icon
     80 likes

    Create your own free website, and connect with others you by following their sites. You get 1 GB of space to make whatever you’d like with HTML, CSS, JS, image, text, and web font files.

    101 Neocities alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Medium icon
     182 likes

    Medium is a new place on the Internet where people share ideas and stories that are longer than 140 characters and not just for friends. It’s designed for little stories that make your day better and manifestos that change the world.

    133 Medium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  7. Blogger icon
     224 likes

    Publish blogs with free hosting on a customizable platform offering a choice of templates, flexible layouts, custom or blogspot.com domains, built-in analytics and AdSense monetization, unlimited storage for posts and images, and secure Google service integration.

    196 Blogger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
     
  8. Write.as icon
     121 likes

    Write.as lets you write and publish text instantly. Write a note for yourself to read later. Create a standalone article you can quickly broadcast on social media — or publish a full blog.

    100 Write.as alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
     
  9. Substack icon
     33 likes

    Substack is a newsletter service and blogging platform, making it an alternative to Medium, TinyLetter and WordPress blogs.

    41 Substack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
    • Google TV
     
  10. Hubzilla icon
     87 likes

    Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected based websites featuring a decentralised identity, communications, and permissions framework built using common webserver technology. Hubzilla is very suitable for communities (of any size).

    69 Hubzilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. WriteFreely icon
     49 likes

    WriteFreely is an open-source, minimalist, federated, self-hosted blogging platform. It was built for and by Write.as and can be used to power a similar community or just a single blog.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
     
12 of 85 Bear Blog alternatives