Self-Hosted Blogger Alternatives

Blogger is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Blogger and loads of them are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Blogger are Ghost, Grav, WriteFreely and EmDash CMS.

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Blogger alternatives are mainly CMS Tools, but if you're looking for Blog Publishing Tools or Website Builders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free + Blog Publishing, Free and Free + US. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Blogger.
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  1. WordPress icon
     1675 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.

    125 WordPress alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

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

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

    278 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
  3. Grav icon
     138 likes

    Grav is an easy to use, yet powerful, opensource CMS that requires no database. In a nutshell, installing Grav is a matter of unzipping the file. It is fast, has sophisticated caching, and a light footprint for optimal performance.

    190 Grav alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  4. EmDash CMS icon
     11 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.

    52 EmDash CMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Typescript
     
  5. Directus icon
     33 likes

    Directus, with over 20 million downloads, is the world's first Open Data Platform. It can transform any SQL database into an API and a no-code application instantly, providing equal data and digital file asset management access to all team members.

    219 Directus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
     
  6. Plume icon
     24 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.

    41 Plume alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Known icon
     83 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Wafrn icon
     12 likes

    Wafrn is a social network inspired by tumblr, that also can connect with other wafrn instances, or with mastodon, pleroma, firefish and other platforms that use activitypub.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • UNIX Web Browser
    • F-Droid
     
  9. Apostrophe CMS icon
     11 likes

    Apostrophe is a powerful website builder platform built on an enterprise open source CMS, offering in-context live editing, visual design tools, and multisite enablement in a full stack JS environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • MongoDB
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Node.JS
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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