Open Source Substack AlternativesBlog Publishing Tools and other similar apps like Substack

The best open source alternative to Substack is WordPress. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Substack and nine of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Substack are Ghost, Listmonk, Scribe.rip and Blot.

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  1. WordPress icon
     1666 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.

    108 WordPress alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

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

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

    273 Ghost alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
  3. Listmonk icon
     25 likes

    Send e-mail campaigns, newsletters, manage mailing lists, all from a powerful self-hosted dashboard released as a single binary. High performance and feature packed open source app written in Golang, and backed by Postgres.

    182 Listmonk alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • Cloudron
     
  4. Blot icon
     13 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.

    84 Blot alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Postcard icon
     4 likes

    Simple personal website + newsletter.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  6. Fountain.ink icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about Fountain.ink as an Alternative to Substack
    kualts
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    Similar functionality, Fountain is an open source alternative to it

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    • Fountain.ink is Free and Open SourceSubstack is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Fountain.ink is Privacy focused and MinimalisticSubstack is not according to our users
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    An Alternative Medium Frontend.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. BlogBowl icon
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    BlogBowl writes and publishes SEO articles daily - optimized for Google and AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Grow traffic on autopilot.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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