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Blogging Platforms

Self-hosted alternatives to Substack, Medium, Ghost(Pro) and Beehiiv.

What people say

• start a blog or newsletter
• a blog with paid members
• leave Substack or Medium

Why people self-host it

People leave Substack, Medium, Ghost(Pro), Beehiiv for it. Why, strongest first: control, cost.

Does it suit a machine of your own?

Good fit fine on a machine that stays on, such as a small cloud server; newsletters need an outside email sending service

Questions that decide it

• newsletter emails too?
• paid members?

How to publish it

Usually

the blog on none, the admin behind the app's own login

When the data is private or sensitive

n/a, a blog is public

The machine

always on

Cards for it

No card yet. Apps for it are listed on awesome-selfhosted. An agent with the edgible-cards skill can shortlist apps and build one, or you can ask for one.

Category from awesome-selfhosted.