WriteFreely
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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.
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- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
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- Online
- Self-Hosted
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Bugra-Bodur added WriteFreely as alternative to DonkeyCMS- cel updated WriteFreely
Artur Kyryliuk added WriteFreely as alternative to Evolution CMS
Sandeep-Kumar added WriteFreely as alternative to Radius CMS
Paul added WriteFreely as alternative to Texttile
soul1472 added WriteFreely as alternative to Leaflet Pub
Paul added WriteFreely as alternative to Waldi
Thomas Smauel added WriteFreely as alternative to ULTRV- Thomas Smauel added WriteFreely as alternative to ULTRV
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xenmaster's free speech catalog
Either as havens for the deplatformed or as open source self-hosted solutions to those who don't want to put their community in the hands of the google and facebook behemoths, the following solutions are pretty much guaranteed to protect your right to say what you want, as long as you aren't saying/doing anything illegal. Content moderation is pretty lax in many of these apps and unfortunately, many attract refugees with unpopular opinions from the more conventional apps they replace, so proceed at your own risk!
NOTE: Unlike my other lists, I revisit this one to edit on a regular basis to add new better options and to remove those which are either shut down, go dark, or compromise their free-speech principles (in the case of third party services).
Last Update: 9-17-2021
The hitchhiker's guide to the Fediverse
The federated universe, or “Fediverse”, is a free and open-source alternative to commercial social media platforms. It's composed of a group of federated social networking services, which allow users of each service to communicate with users on any other service. This is typically accomplished using the ActivityPub protocol.
In this post, we'll try to present you some lesser-known federated platforms to major and famous social networks you've probably been using for years.
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"To install WriteFreely, you primarily need a server with root access, a running database like MySQL, and a web server like Nginx, along with downloading the WriteFreely binary which can be run directly on your server with minimal configuration; essentially requiring only basic system administration knowledge and access to a server you control."
WriteFreely is comparable to WordPress.org == it *must* be hosted on own hosting space. Write.as is comparable to WordPress.com == one can just sign up and start hammering the keyboard hacking one's blog out
The key difference between Write's offerings v/s Automattic's offerings are that Wordpress.com offers a free tier whereas Write.as *does not!*
With a far smaller ecosystem of themes and plug-ins, and no opportunity to familiarise oneself at the free tier of a hosted instance, Write's CMS/blogging offers *no advantage* over Automattic's WordPress, especially for newbies. Unless you are feeling adventurous or have the relevant experience, or confidence to deal with issues that may crop up, stick to WordPress or Blogger and give WriteFreely a miss.
Great support, active development, open source, ActivityPub support