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What's the best platform for blogging? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've heard of writefreely and plume, but is there anything else? I want something simple, open source, privacy-respecting and supporting RSS.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Pretty much any static page created with Hugo will work. There are some really nice blogging themes/templates for it. RSS is included, but for comments you will need some external software.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 years ago

I like using a static site generator. You can host it for free on places like github, gitlab or if you are conscious about privacy, codeberg. But this is because I am more into tinkering with static site generators rather than writing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago (1 children)

You could use a static page (I recommend Zola instead of Hugo), or you could simply use Write.as. Both are great options!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Zola is wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

It's blazing fast and easy to use for me. And the best thing is that it is written in Rust (like Lemmy :D)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Thanks for all your help, I've settled on Mataroa

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago

(Self hosted) Wordpress is a classic choice. There is even an ActivityPub plugin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Some alternatives to writefreely:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Thanks
These seem to be what I'm looking for

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I had not heard of Mataora and Bear Blog, and I must say that they look very good. Thanks for sharing them!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago

Write.as

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

gemini