Writing and editing websites. It's possible to both post and reopen posts and edit them without any changes to the code. What's very special is the built-in support for Markdown. Plain text HTML editing and WYSIWYG are also supported.



Open Live Writer is described as 'Open source application enabling users to author, edit, and publish blog posts. It is based on a fork of the well-loved but not actively developed Windows Live Writer code' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Open Live Writer for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Wordpress and Java Mobile apps. The best Open Live Writer alternative is MarsEdit. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try MacJournal or Blogly. Other great apps like Open Live Writer are SeMagic, Desk, Drivel and Post2blog.
Writing and editing websites. It's possible to both post and reopen posts and edit them without any changes to the code. What's very special is the built-in support for Markdown. Plain text HTML editing and WYSIWYG are also supported.






Blogly is an open-source desktop application for bloggers and content writers. It is a cross-platform application and could be compiled on any platform that supports Electron desktop application framework.


Client for LiveJournal, Blogger, Wordpress Image upload to LJ Scrapbook, Flickr, fotki.com, imageshack.us, Picasa, Yandex Fotki.

An award-winning & beloved desktop publishing client, exclusively for OS X.
You are a storyteller, passionate about crafting narratives that capture, express, and delight in what it means to be human.



Drivel is a GNOME client for working with online journals, also known as weblogs or simply "blogs". It retains a simple and elegant design while providing many powerful features, including: Support for LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, and Atom journals...

Post2Blog is a desktop blogging client software that helps to update your blog without visiting a web-site and can help to compose posts offline, post selected text from Internet Explorer, Firefox, publish pictures and files directly from Explorer or even use MS Word as editor...



BloGTK is a weblog client that allows you to post to your weblog from GNOME without the need for a separate browser window. BloGTK allows you to connect with many weblog systems such as Blogger, Movable Type, WordPress, and more.
MoPress is a blogging client application developed for mobile phones. It allows a mobile phone to post a content (text, image, audio, video) to a Blog, using any type of available network (mobile phone network or Wi-Fi network).
You can start from scratch, or you can start "stitching together" various resources you may have — from your childhood (or ongoing) written diaries to your current notebooks and new digital photographs.




The most advanced Windows blog editor and manager. Get convenience and speed of a native application, and the ability to write posts offline.



Powerful but expensive. No longer supports Google's Blogger/Blogspot blogs.