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24 alternatives to I Built a XSLT Blog Framework
A few weeks ago a friend sent me grug-brain XSLT (1) which inspired me to redo my personal blog in XSLT. Rather than just build my own blog on it, I wrote it up for others to use and I've published it on GitHub https://github.com/vgr-land/vgr-xslt-blog-framework (2) Since others have XSLT on the mind, now seems just as good of a time as any to share it with the world. Evidlo@ did a fine job explaining the "how" xslt works (3) The short version on how to publish using this framework is: 1. Create a new post in HTML wrapped in the XML headers and footers the framework…
I Built a XSLT Blog Framework is a blogging system built with XSLT for developers who want a simple alternative to traditional blog platforms. Users create posts as HTML wrapped in XML headers, tag them, and add them… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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(spoiler: its XSLT) I've been working on a little demo for how to avoid copy-pasting header/footer boilerplate on a simple static webpage. My goal is to approximate the experience of Jekyll/Hugo but eliminate the need for a build step before publishing. This demo shows how to get basic templating features with XSL so you could write a blog post which looks like My Article some content hello hello Some properties which set this approach apart from other methods: - no build step (no need to setup Jekyll on the client or configure Github/Gitlab actions) - works on any webserver…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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With social media and now AI, its important to keep the indie web alive. There are many people who write frequently. Blogosphere tries to highlight them by fetching the recent posts from personal blogs across many categories. There are two versions: Minimal (HN-inspired, fast, static): https://text.blogosphere.app/ Non-minimal: https://blogosphere.app/ If you don't find your blog (or your favorite ones), please add them. I will review and approve it.
Apr 2026 · text.blogosphere.app · its alternatives →
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blogstatic.io▲581A bit of context… I've been building https://blogmaker.app since April 2021, 5 years now. The launch tweet: https://x.com/BlogmakerApp/status/1383742023627247630 I had built it initially as a personal challenge to see if I could have a working product for 20 hours worth of work, and I did it. This was way before AI tools. A few months later, I included a Stripe button and the first payment came immediately in. In September 2022 I decided to focus (give up my contract gigs as a designer/dev). I took out a personal loan for $20K and then an angel…
2024 · blogmaker.app · its alternatives →
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Greetings, creator here! I've been working on a new blogging platform specifically for lists on and off for a few months now and I'm excited to officially announce its launch. After seeing https://charm.sh a few months ago, I've been enamored by the idea of SSH apps. I decided that a blogging platform focused on developers could be the perfect use case for an SSH app. Also, I love writing lists. I think restricting writing to a set of lists can really help improve clarity in thought. The goal of this blogging platform is to make it simple to use the tools you love to write and…
2022 · lists.sh · its alternatives →
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WebSlides▲486The easiest way to make HTML presentations and long-forms.
2017 · webslides.tv · its alternatives →
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Switch from Medium to your own blog in a few minutes - mathieudutour/medium-to-own-blog
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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My partner usually writes substack posts which I then mirror to our website’s blog section. To automate this, I made a simple tool to scrape the post and clean it so that I can drop it to our blog easily. This might be useful to others as well. Oh and ofcourse you can instruct GPT to make any final edits :D
2024 · markdowndown.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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You simply: 1. Connect your device. 2. Create a top-level `handwritten.blog` folder. 3. Every new notebook in that folder becomes a draft on https://handwritten.blog/ I hope this eventually obviates the need to look at the ugly upload interface you have to use to now upload your writing.
Jul 2026 · handwritten.blog · its alternatives →
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Grow your blog as a developer without an existing audience
2020 · bloggingfordevs.com · its alternatives →
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diff.blog is the home page of the developers. Join diff.blog to keep updated with the blogs of developers from all over the internet.
2019 · diff.blog · its alternatives →
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Hi, my name is Bill. I’m a software engineer based in London. This is a blog about software development.
2021 · bilbof.com · its alternatives →
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Git Blog▲156Publish sites using Markdown & GitHub from your phone
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · blog.brytter.com · its alternatives →
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A simple to use text only blog using CloudFlare Workers and KV - jonfraser/simpletext
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Postel▲111Hey HN! We built Postel because posting consistently on X was taking way too much time and mental energy. With Postel you can: - get personalized post ideas in your voice - see how other creators would write your idea - turn YouTube/videos/articles/podcasts into short posts - repurpose your existing content & brand knowledge - browse thousands of viral tweets → draft, edit, and schedule posts Would love to hear what you think! Cheers!
2025 · postel.app · its alternatives →
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Hyvor Blogs▲90Hi HN, We are super excited to launch our second SaaS product, Hyvor Blogs. We (a small team of 3) have been working on this for about a year. After a bunch of testing, feedback, and iterations, here we are at the launch. We are trying to build a blogging platform that has all the features you need to run a blog without having to depend on plugins (themes, SEO, multi-language support, tags, team management, etc.). Most importantly, it’s just a blogging platform - not a site builder - not a membership platform. Overall, it’s been a great learning experience working on Hyvor Blogs. We’d love…
2023 · blogs.hyvor.com · its alternatives →
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Minimalist database less blog engine. Contribute to snehesht/blog development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Blog generator based on github projects with mathjax support - vvksh/simple-blogger
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · bvckup2.com · its alternatives →
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I've open-sourced the script I use to find related blog posts (and to describe why they're similar). Works on any set of markdown articles, so should fit into any SSG workflow. Uses embeddings to calculate the similarities, and GPT4 to add descriptive text.
2023 · tomhazledine.com · its alternatives →
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Hello, I am a tech blogger and last year I wanted to have my own website for writing blogs and doing content marketing. Since I love programming, I could have built the site by myself but I wanted to test the no-code solutions, so after spending sometime researching I ended up going with Wordpress. However i found it tedious and for some reasons, hard and slow. Anyways, I tried other platforms like Wix too. Problem then came was I had to share my work on social media platforms to get more readers and also post it on hashnode and Medium. It was becoming time consuming and monotonous process.…
2022 · leansence.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · zentrum.alles.cx · its alternatives →
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