TypePad Alternatives

TypePad is described as 'The premier blogging service for professionals and small businesses. TypePad hosts many popular blogs and small business websites. The service is easy to use and enables you to create a blog in minutes' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to TypePad, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best TypePad alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to TypePad are Ghost, Tumblr, Drupal and Blogger.

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  1. Portal CMS icon
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    Portal CMS is a free and open source content management system with a powerful integrated page builder built in .NET MVC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Metalsmith icon
     2 likes

    An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator for NodeJS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Typehut icon
     6 likes

    Typehut is a super simple publishing platform for any kind of content: blogs, newsletters, changelogs, announcements, events, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. LiveJournal icon
     43 likes

    Online blogging software - free for basic users! Personal publishing, community involvement and individual expression.

    81 LiveJournal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  5. ImpressPages is a PHP framework with admin panel. A new MVC engine is under the hood so you can customize ImpressPages in no time. Write your own plugins and themes to suit your and customers’ needs best.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  6. SilverStripe icon
     59 likes

    SilverStripe is a free and open source Content Management System and Framework for creating, maintaining websites and web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Mataroa Blog icon
     5 likes

    Blogging platform for minimalists.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. ZeroBlog icon
     14 likes

    ZeroBlog - For a distributed, self publishing blogging platform ( and centralized authentication ).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • NameCoin
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • ZeroNet
    • CoffeeScript
     
  9. postach.io icon
     25 likes

    Postach.io helps you instantly create custom sites by converting your notes to blog posts and pages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Evernote
    • Dropbox
     
  10. Octopress icon
     19 likes

    Octopress is a framework designed by Brandon Mathis for Jekyll, the blog aware static site generator powering Github Pages. To start blogging with Jekyll, you have to write your own HTML templates, CSS, Javascripts and set up your configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Jekyll
     
  11. CMS Made Simple icon
     29 likes

    CMS Made Simple - the open source content management system for the rest of us. CMS Made Simple helps experienced web developers and designers to create sites of power and beauty in a fraction of the normal time, avoiding hours of coding and allowing your clients to update their...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  12. Chyrp icon
     16 likes

    Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is powered by PHP and has very powerful theme and extension engines, so you can personalize it however you want.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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