blog AlternativesBlog Publishing Tools and other similar apps like blog

blog is described as 'This is a simple self-hosted, lightweight, singe-user PHP blog, where you can create your own Facebook-like feed. Give read access to other people, and you can share rich text with photos including highlighted code or links' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to blog for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows, Linux and Web-based apps. The best blog alternative is Ghost. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Known or Chyrp Lite. Other great apps like blog are Write.as, ZeroBlog, Octopress and Chyrp.

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  1. Ghost icon

    Ghost

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

    279 Ghost alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
    Ghost screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Publishing
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No Coding Required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Real time collaboration
    7.  Two-factor Authentication
    8.  No Tracking
    9. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Live Preview
    12.  Fediverse

    Ghost VS blog

     

    • Ghost is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to blog.

    • Ghost is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to blog.

    • Ghost is Free Personal and Open Sourceblog is Free and Open Source
    • Ghost is Privacy focusedblog is not according to our users
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    Write.as

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    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.

    104 Write.as alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
    Write.as screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Distraction-free Writing
    2.  Web-Based
    3.  Simple text editor
    4. ActivityPub icon  Support for ActivityPub
    5.  Support for MarkDown
    6.  Frictionless publishing
    7.  Permission system
    8.  Tagging
    9.  Anonymous Secure Filesharing
    10. X icon  X Integration
    11. Medium icon  Medium Integration

    Write.as VS blog

     

    • Write.as is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to blog.

    • Write.as is the most popular commercial alternative to blog.

    • Write.as is Paid and Proprietaryblog is Free and Open Source
    • Write.as is Privacy focused and Lightweightblog is not according to our users
  4. Known icon

    Known

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    Known is a simple platform for publishing words, pictures, podcasts and more to a site that you control. Choose to share it on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, or extend it to integrate with the software you already use.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Known screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Ad-free
    3. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Publishing
    6.  Social Media Publishing
    7.  Publish on Twitter
    8.  Integrated Chat

    Known VS blog

     
  5. Chyrp Lite icon

    Chyrp Lite

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    Chyrp Lite makes it possible to host a blog on your own web server with minimal fuss. You can have a traditional blog, a tumbleblog, or you can add oodles of customisation and build a web publishing platform with blogging features on the side.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Chyrp Lite screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Portable
    7.  Self-hosted
    8.  Content Management

    Chyrp Lite VS blog

     
  6. ZeroBlog icon

    ZeroBlog

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    ZeroBlog - For a distributed, self publishing blogging platform ( and centralized authentication ).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • HU flagHungary
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • NameCoin
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • ZeroNet
    • CoffeeScript
    ZeroBlog screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository hasn't been updated since 2020.

    ZeroBlog Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Distributed
    3.  Html as document format

    ZeroBlog VS blog

     
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    Octopress

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    Octopress is a framework designed by Brandon Mathis for Jekyll, the blog aware static site generator powering Github Pages. To start blogging with Jekyll, you have to write your own HTML templates, CSS, Javascripts and set up your configuration.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Jekyll
    Octopress screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update 2015, according to the homepage.

    Octopress Features

    1.  Publishing
    2.  Content Management

    Octopress VS blog

     
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    Chyrp

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    Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is powered by PHP and has very powerful theme and extension engines, so you can personalize it however you want.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    Chyrps Website, using Chyrp as a backend
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.5.2, released in November 2014, and the sourcecode are still available on Github.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Chyrp VS blog

     
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    uCoz

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    uCoz is a free website-builder that includes hosting and a website management system. uCoz works according to the principles of Web 2.0 and allows creating of the most complicated projects with extraordinary simplicity and speed.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    uCoz screenshot 1
    Warning

    Blocked by Google chrome, many DNS plugins and is known to be dangerous to many experts.

    uCoz Features

    1.  Multiple languages
    2.  Publishing

    uCoz VS blog

     

    • uCoz is the most popular SaaS alternative to blog.

    • uCoz is Freemium and Proprietaryblog is Free and Open Source
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    Antville

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    Antville is an open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. It can easily host up to several thousands of sites.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    The last version (1.5) is from 2015.

    Antville VS blog

     
  12. Zillion Auto-Blogger icon

    Zillion Auto-Blogger

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    This is an autoblogger that generates your blog posts for your websites and connects with established website creators like Wix, Sordpress, Shopify, etc. It generates SEO optimized content, uses internal linking strategies, has robust formats, automatically indexes to google...

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Zillion Auto-Blogger screenshot 1

    Zillion Auto-Blogger Features

    1.  Text to Image Generation
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Coding Required
    4.  Marketing Automation
    5.  AI-Powered

    Zillion Auto-Blogger VS blog

     
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