Best self-hosted blogging platforms
A [blog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog) is a discussion or informational website consisting of discrete, diary-style text entries (posts).
We track 14 self-hosted blogging platforms projects. The median health score in this category is 46, against 3 projects rated healthy or better and 3 showing little recent activity. The table below is ordered by health score, not popularity — the most starred project in a category is frequently not the best maintained one.
| # | Project | Health | Activity | Stars | Built with | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost Just a blogging platform. | Thriving · 98 | 55k | Nodejs | 22 Sept 2026 | |
| 2 | Ech0 Lightweight federated publishing platform focused on personal idea sharing (documentation in Chinese). | Healthy · 74 | 2.1k | Docker, K8S | 28 Aug 2026 | |
| 3 | WriteFreely Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community. | Healthy · 71 | 5.3k | Go | 10 Aug 2026 | |
| 4 | Chyrp Lite Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine. | Steady · 67 | 495 | PHP | 7 Aug 2026 | |
| 5 | FlatPress A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine. | Steady · 57 | 215 | PHP | 24 Mar 2026 | |
| 6 | Serendipity Serendipity (s9y) is a highly extensible and customizable PHP blog engine using Smarty templating. | Slowing · 48 | 227 | PHP | 22 Jul 2026 | |
| 7 | Mataroa Naked blogging platform for minimalists. | Slowing · 46 | 368 | Python | 3 Jan 2026 | |
| 8 | PluXml XML-based blog/CMS platform. | Slowing · 42 | 234 | PHP | 12 Sept 2026 | |
| 9 | Haven Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader. | Slowing · 40 | 804 | Ruby | — | |
| 10 | fx Micro-blog tool offering built-in syntax highlighting, mobile publishing and more (alternative to Twitter, Bluesky). | Slowing · 40 | 326 | Docker | 16 Sept 2026 | |
| 11 | Antville Free, open source project aimed at the development of a high performance, feature rich weblog hosting software. | At risk · 33 | 90 | Javascript | 1 Mar 2025 | |
| 12 | Known Collaborative social publishing platform. | At risk · 32 | 1.1k | PHP | 1 Mar 2026 | |
| 13 | HTMLy Databaseless PHP blogging platform. A flat-file CMS that allows you to create a fast, secure, and powerful website or bl | At risk · 31 | 1.4k | PHP | 3 Nov 2025 | |
| 14 | Dotclear Take control over your blog. | Unrated | — | PHP | — |
Which one should you run?
If you want the safest bet on longevity, Ghost is the best-maintained project in this category right now at 98/100. Ech0 is the closest runner-up (74/100) — see the side-by-side comparison.
A health score measures whether a project is alive and shipping. It does not measure whether it has the feature you need. Use it to rule options out, then compare on features.