Chyrp Lite vs WriteFreely
Both are self-hosted blogging platforms projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| Chyrp Lite | WriteFreely | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 67/100 | 71/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 352 | 210 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 126 | 115 |
| Stars | 495 | 5.3k |
| Latest release | 7 Aug 2026 | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | PHP | Go |
| Typical RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Chyrp Lite
Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 57% of tracked projects; popularity more than 23%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
WriteFreely
Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 44% of tracked projects; popularity more than 67%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
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