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

The best open source alternative to Bear Blog is WordPress. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Bear Blog and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Bear Blog are Ghost, Neocities, Hubzilla and WriteFreely.

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  1. WordPress icon
     1704 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.

    175 WordPress alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
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  2. Ghost icon
     266 likes

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

    298 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
    • US flagUnited States
    Ghost screenshot 1
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  3. Neocities icon
     93 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.

    131 Neocities alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  4. Hubzilla icon
     90 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).

    76 Hubzilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. WriteFreely icon
     48 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.

    58 WriteFreely alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. EmDash CMS icon
     14 likes

    Full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro and Cloudflare featuring extensible architecture, sandboxed plugins in Worker isolates, WordPress migration, visual schema builder, role-based access, rich text editing, AI integration, media management, and open source deployment.

    63 EmDash CMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Typescript
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  7. Mataroa Blog icon
     10 likes

    Blogging platform for minimalists.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. Bludit icon
     19 likes

    Bludit is a web application to build your own website or blog in seconds, it's completely free and open source. A PRO version is available for those who want to support the software developer. The software seems almost the same between the versions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  9. Plume icon
     23 likes

    Plume is not a single website, but an entire interconnected, yet independent network of what we call instances. You write content from your own instance, but anyone else on any other Plume instance can enjoy your stories too.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Comma icon
     12 likes

    Comma is an open source blogging platform with a minimal and beautiful page.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Blot icon
     14 likes

    Blot is a blogging platform with no interface. It creates a special folder in your Dropbox and publishes files you put inside. The point of all this?—?the reason Blot exists?—?is so you can use your favorite tools to create whatever you publish.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Blot screenshot 1
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  12. PureBlog icon
     5 likes

    Pure Blog is a simple, flat-file blogging platform with a Markdown-first editor and a lightweight admin area. It stores posts and pages as Markdown files on disk—no database required.

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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