Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Blog made with CouchDB/PouchDB launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   HubPress▲124

   A web application to build your blog on GitHub

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BlogDB – I built an open-source website to keep track of blogs online▲7

   Discover interesting blogs from around the Internet

   2022 · blogdb.org · its alternatives →

3. 3
   BlogBeats▲68

   A geo, time-tagged blogging platform

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4BW
   Blog with a Single File▲5

   2023 · post.mw · its alternatives →

5. 5UA
   Ursprung, a complete blog without a back end area▲8

   2015 · onli.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6SD
   Serverless, DB-less Blog▲6

   2018 · drors.functionfactory.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Stack Exchange Engineering Blog▲7

   2015 · blog.stackexchange.com · its alternatives →

8. 8AG
   A guest blogging directory website▲5

   2020 · guestpost.directory · its alternatives →

9. 9BA
   Barf – An Minimal Blog Generator▲9

   2023 · barf.bt.ht · its alternatives →

10. 10CB
    CodeWrite – Blogging Tool for Developers▲6

    2021 · codewrite.io · its alternatives →

11. 11AB
    A blog engine based on GitHub issue with the power of Next.js ISR▲6

    2022 · blog.sairinjs.com · its alternatives →

12. 12BI
    Blog Idea Generator▲7

    2013 · titletool.contentforest.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Jupyter Notebook Blog Platform with Actions & GitHub Pages▲7

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14WB
    we built a blog platform in Meteor▲9

    2013 · blog.percolatestudio.com · its alternatives →

15. 15WW
    Writango – Write Blog & Publish As Presentation▲5

    2018 · writango.com · its alternatives →

16. 16BT
    bl0g - The Blogging Platform▲5

    2013 · joeblau.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    A statically-rendered, integrated comment system for Jamstack blogsfree tier, from $5/mo▲5

    A blog comment service and Disqus alternative that won

    2021 · jamcomments.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    A blog engine focusing on data ownership and persistence▲5

    A weblog engine focusing on data ownership and persistence - betodealmeida/nefelibata

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19B
    Blogshare▲8

    Hackernews for various category of blogs.

    2014 · blogshare.in · its alternatives →

20. 20HB
    HTTP Blog Server – 100 Lines of C in a Closet▲6

    2020 · blog.notryan.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A blogging platform based on Markdown and HTML (written in Rust)▲8

    A blogging platform where content are markdown files and html files, written in Rust

    2024 · crates.io · its alternatives →

22. 22MW
    My Weekend Project - Sending a blog to your Kindle▲9

    Over the weekend I wrote a small web app that takes an RSS feed for a blog, grabs the feed, cleans up the HTML, strips out small irrelevant images and compiles them into an e-book with chapter anchors. It requires a Google login since it uses the Google Reader "API". As an example, I was going on a long vacation and had recently discovered Paul Buchheit's blog. I used this tool (which was then just a Python script) to create an e-book and I literally read his blog "cover to cover". It's still rough around the edges, but I figured I'd iron those out if at least one other person thinks they…

    2011 · blog2kindle.com · its alternatives →

23. 23IM
    Introducing Moya Techblog, a blogging engine for coders and photographers▲7

    2015 · willmcgugan.com · its alternatives →

24. 24PE
    Playbook – Easily find, follow, and filter expert startup blogs▲7

    2017 · producthunt.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →