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Ask HN: Alternatives to Ghost for Blogging?
Are there any open source blogging platforms that are a good alternative to Ghost.org? (Besides Wordpress)
- bulldog13 6y agoWhat is wrong with wordpress ? Asking bc I use it to host a few blogs.
- TheGrumpyBrit 6y agoFor me, it's become too clunky for a basic blog, and the fact that it stores your content in a database makes managing it a pain. It ties me to Wordpress and only Wordpress - anything I want to do requires logging in and navigating the admin interface, which I'm not a fan of. By comparison, flat-file CMS's allow me to edit, search and process my content using whatever tool I like. I can update my blog directly in the terminal, or in Github from work and have the changes pushed out automatically by CI. They're not making hundreds of database calls every time I want a page, so they're blazing fast. I can have simple scripts output to a text file and have it rendered as a status page. And if I want to migrate to another solution, my content is literally a bunch of text files that I can just copy to whatever shiny new thing just caught my eye.
- SubGenius 6y agoYou could use Gurlic, although it's still being worked on, and I don't promise the polish or feature set of ghost/wordpress/medium. Here's an example. https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i Themed: https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=pudding https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=pudding https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=minimal https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=minimal https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=naked https://gurlic.com/homer/the-iliad-book-i?theme=naked Gurlic supports custom domains too, by the way: https://classics.wtf/the-iliad-book-ii https://classics.wtf/the-iliad-book-ii
- cpach 6y agoDepends on what kind of system you want. Hugo could be an alternative.
- 97amarnathk 6y agoIf you are looking for a light system and do not mind doing some minimal setup, try out Jekyll/Hugo/Gatsby. All of these have a good developer support. For hosting you can try https://netlify.app/ https://netlify.app/ or https://pages.github.com/ https://pages.github.com/ . Both of these provide a free tier. Example : My website built using Jekyll , hosted on github. https://97amarnathk.github.io/ https://97amarnathk.github.io/
- miguendes 6y agoI host my blog https://miguendes.me https://miguendes.me on hashnode.com and I'm very happy. I used to lose tons of time setting up hugo/jekyll and not writing anything. Once I move to hashnode I could focus on writing only as most of the things are out of the box. Most importantly, the content is yours and you can back the data up on github automatically. The only minor downside is that the images you upload is stored in their CDN. But you can host it yourself if you prefer.
- mikecoles 6y agoIs Drupal still around? I used that when Wordpress didn't do what I wanted. This was years ago though. I'm content with Hugo for blogs now.
- TheGrumpyBrit 6y agoI'm quite liking https://getgrav.org https://getgrav.org. With the admin plugin it's a neat combo of flat file and actual CMS.
- SkyLinx 6y agoHi! I'm the founder of https://www.dynablogger.com https://www.dynablogger.com - there's a free plan so it's easy to give it a try and you can import content from WordPress and Ghost. Let me know what you think or if you have any questions
- SkyLinx 6y agoOops, just realized you said open source. Sorry!