Medium AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Blog Publishing Tools

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   WordPress

    1700 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.

   160 WordPress alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Blog Publishing
   • CMS

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Self-Hosted
   • PHP
   • Cloudron
   • Google Chrome
   • Safari

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Soul Rain · Feb 23, 2019

   WordPress is free and doesn't nag you with annoying, half-the-screen covering bars of ads, registration and app downloads.

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   • WordPress is Freemium and Open SourceMedium is Freemium and Proprietary
   • WordPress is CustomizableMedium is not according to our users
2. 

   

   Ghost

    264 likes

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

   294 Ghost alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Blog Publishing
   • CMS

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Self-Hosted
   • Cloudron
   • Node.JS

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Tumblr

    470 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.

   124 Tumblr alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Blog Publishing
   • Social Network

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   • United States

   

   

   

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   WordPress

   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.

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   Blogger

    228 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.

   209 Blogger alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Blog Publishing

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Android
   • Chrome OS
   • Android Tablet

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Bear Blog

    47 likes

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

   97 Bear Blog alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary (MIT)

   Application type

   • Blog Publishing

   Origin

   • South Africa

   Platforms

   • Online

   • South Africa

   

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   Positive comment by Marco Colonna · May 11, 2024

   is simple, is all you need for write

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   • Bear Blog is Freemium and ProprietaryMedium is also Freemium and Proprietary
   • Bear Blog is Lightweight, Minimalistic and Privacy focusedMedium is not according to our users
9. 

   

   Write.as

    124 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.

   113 Write.as alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Blog Publishing
   • Social Network

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Chrome OS
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Google Chrome
   • Kindle Fire

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Top Positive Comment by Guest · May 5, 2016

   Much less bloat than Medium.com; clear business model; nerd-friendly, but goes beyond that; clean interface and clean stylesheets.

   Comment by Marco Alzeri · Jun 8, 2023

   Looks interesting but it is ONLY paid offer today.

   Positive comment by Nadira Shaikh · Jul 18, 2022

   It's Not Free it's a Paid Blog Setup

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   • Write.as is Paid and ProprietaryMedium is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Write.as is Privacy focused and LightweightMedium is not according to our users
10. 

    

    Substack

     37 likes

    Substack is a newsletter service and blogging platform, making it an alternative to Medium, TinyLetter and WordPress blogs.

    52 Substack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Blog Publishing
    • Social Network

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
    • Google TV

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Substack vs Medium Comments

    Positive comment by Jatan Mehta · Oct 19, 2020

    Similar in terms of network effects, simple WYSWYG editor and allows newsletters.

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    • Substack is Freemium and ProprietaryMedium is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    EmDash CMS

     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Blog Publishing
    • CMS

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Typescript

    • United States

    

    

    

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    WriteFreely

     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Blog Publishing
    • CMS

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    • United States

    

    

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    Comma

     12 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Blog Publishing
    • Microblog

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online

    

    

    

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14. 

    

    Scribe.rip

     19 likes

    An alternative frontend to Medium.

    103 Scribe.rip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Blog Publishing

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    • United States

    

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    Plume

     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

    • Free
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Blog Publishing

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    

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