btw AlternativesBlog Publishing Tools and other similar apps like btw

btw is described as 'Open source Medium alternative- set up your personal blog in minutes' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the online services category. There are nine alternatives to btw for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Android, iPhone and Mac apps. The best btw alternative is Medium, which is free. Other great apps like btw are Bear Blog, Write.as, WriteFreely and Comma.

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  1. Medium icon

    Medium

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    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.

    132 Medium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • Medium is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to btw.

    • Medium is the most popular free alternative to btw.

    • Medium is Freemium and Proprietarybtw is Freemium and Open Source
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    Bear Blog

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    Privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging. No trackers, no JavaScript, no stylesheets. Just your words.

    84 Bear Blog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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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.

    100 Write.as alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
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    • Write.as is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to btw.

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

    • Write.as is Paid and Proprietarybtw is Freemium and Open Source
    • Write.as is Lightweightbtw is not according to our users
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    WriteFreely

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    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.

    47 WriteFreely alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • WriteFreely is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to btw.

    • WriteFreely is the most popular Open Source alternative to btw.

    • WriteFreely is Free and Open Sourcebtw is Freemium and Open Source
    • WriteFreely is Customizablebtw is not according to our users
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    Plume

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    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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Blot

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    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.

    83 Blot alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Fountain.ink icon

    Fountain.ink

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    Fountain is a batteries-included, self-hostable platform that reimagines digital publishing for the decentralized web. Designed as a web3-native alternative to Medium, Substack, and Mirror, Fountain gives creators true ownership of their content and audience.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Writizzy

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    A blogging platform designed for writing and publishing without friction. Writizzy integrates essential tools into a simple interface. For those who want a complete blog without getting lost in settings.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Theme minimalist (home page)
     
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