LiveJournal AlternativesBlog Publishing Tools and other similar apps like LiveJournal

LiveJournal is described as 'Online blogging software - free for basic users! Personal publishing, community involvement and individual expression' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to LiveJournal for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best LiveJournal alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LiveJournal are Ghost, Tumblr, Neocities and Blogger.

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  1. WordPress icon

    WordPress

     1664 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.

    104 WordPress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron
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    • WordPress is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to LiveJournal.

    • WordPress is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to LiveJournal.

    • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceLiveJournal is Freemium and Proprietary
    • WordPress is CustomizableLiveJournal is not according to our users
  2. Ghost icon

    Ghost

     251 likes

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

    270 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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  4. Tumblr icon

    Tumblr

     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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Mozello

    User-friendly platform for creating mobile-friendly sites, blogs, and stores quickly. Features include SEO tools, multilingual support, and complete hosting management with no tech skills needed.

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    Neocities

     79 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.

    100 Neocities alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Blogger icon

    Blogger

     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.

    195 Blogger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
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  8. Bear Blog icon

    Bear Blog

     44 likes

    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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  10. Write.as icon

    Write.as

     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

    • 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 commercial alternative to LiveJournal.

    • Write.as is Paid and ProprietaryLiveJournal is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Write.as is Privacy focused and LightweightLiveJournal is not according to our users
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    Hubzilla

     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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Channel
     
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    Directus

     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.

    217 Directus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • DigitalOcean
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ubuntu
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
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    DEV Community

     30 likes

    Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow. It is an online community for sharing and discovering great ideas, having debates, and making friends. Anyone can share articles, questions, discussions, etc. as long as they have the rights to the words they are sharing.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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    Dreamwidth Studios

     12 likes

    Dreamwidth Studios is a home and a community for all kinds of creative folk. Share your writing, your artwork, or your innermost thoughts. Find others who create the sort of things you like to enjoy. Control who can see your creation with our fine-grained privacy controls.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Dreamwidth Studios as an Alternative to LiveJournal
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    Better security and privacy options. Ease of importing an old LiveJournal (if you have one.)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
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    Simple and good export options.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Dreamwidth Studios is a great LiveJournal alternative.

    • Dreamwidth Studios is Freemium and Open SourceLiveJournal is Freemium and Proprietary
  15. Known icon

    Known

     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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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