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Self-hosted blog options.

With layoffs starting at WordPress, and me recognizing that I'm a bit of a dinosaur in this regard, I'm wondering what folks are using for self-hosting their own blog these days? While I'm not exactly prolific, I do like having my own little home on the internet to write up things I find interesting and pretending people actually read it. And, of course, I really don't want to be reliant on someone else's computers; so, the ability to self-host is a must.

Honestly, my requirements are pretty basic. I just want something to write and host articles and not have to fight with some janky text editor. And pre-built themes would be very nice. It would be nice if there was an easy way to transition stuff I have in WP; but, I can probably get that with some creative copy/paste work.

So, what are all the cool kids blogging on these days?

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  • I’m gonna quote myself from another comment

    In order from little to bigger:

    • any ssg like Zola or Pelican
    • mataroa.blog
    • writefreely
    • ghost
    • gotosocial
    • lemmy :)

  • Hm, if you're willing to compromise on that janky text editor, there's still Jekyll, Hugo and all the other static site generators. Most will have some easy WP site import.

    Bear in mind, I don't pretend to be a cool kid...

    For a solution that's entirely online (ie. you aren't relying on a bunch of files on your local machine that you generate a site out of and upload), there are flat file websites like Grav, Bludit and Yellow. They are (usually PHP) sites that run without a traditional database.

    There are also a couple of ActivityPub alternatives, but they seem to be floundering(?) Plume is currently not developed actively, and I just heard on here the other day that WriteFreely doesn't federate properly for some users. Take the latter with a grain of salt, though.

    Oh, and Ghost just added ActivityPub, so there's one more to that list!

  • I tend to use Hugo these days, which can be a bit janky as well, but there are nice themes for it.

    If you want something really easy and Permacomputing compatible this looks pretty neat though: https://lichen.commoninternet.net/

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