Websites and hosting
Blogmaker alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
btw-so/btw★1,183 GitHub starsGPL-3.0 licenceOpen-source Medium-style blogging platform for quickly setting up a personal blog with built-in editor and themes.Open on GitHub ↗firekylin/firekylin★1,834 GitHub starsGPL-3.0 licenceSimple, fast Node.js blogging platform providing post management, themes, and site generation features.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- 99.99% uptime SLA and dedicated optimized hosting
- Built-in privacy-first analytics and bot-filtered pageview counting
- Priority support, migrations assistance, and managed backups
- Integrated newsletter sending (would require 3rd-party email service)
- Some advanced built-in features (llms.txt generation, DesignStudio, webhooks UI)
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Blogmaker, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.