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24 alternatives to Openblog – Blogging with GitHub Issues

Blogging with Github Issues. Contribute to mateogianolio/issuance development by creating an account on GitHub.

Openblog is a blogging platform that uses GitHub Issues as its content management system. Developers and technical writers can publish blog posts by creating issues in a GitHub repository, making it suitable for those… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Openblog – Blogging with GitHub Issues launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1SM
   Slack Meets GitHub Issues▲373

   Last year I gave in to the temptation of doing my own startup and quit my job, just like many others have done on this site. Since then, I’ve severely changed my lifestyle and reduced my living costs to a crazy low figure and worked my ass off for the last 8 months to achieve this: www.openloopz.com I have written more about it on Medium here: http://goo.gl/JN03yf I knew from the start the odds were stacked against me. I’m almost 36, I have a family and I live in the North East of England where - without wanting to sound negative - the opportunities are few and far between…

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Replacing WordPress with GitHub Issues-like Blog Comments▲90

   2017 · dmitri.shuralyov.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   OpenBlog - Simple blogging for devs▲27

   Free blogging for devs, no sign up required.

   2024 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   GitHub Writer▲206

   An Open Source WYSIWYG editor for GitHub

   2020 · ckeditor.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   GitNews▲296

   Trending repositories from GitHub, HackerNews & Reddit

   2018 · gitnews.learn.uno · its alternatives →

6. 6
   GitHub Projects▲718

   GitHub takes on Trello with new project management tools

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tech Blogs▲267

   Open-source collection of tech blogs

   2022 · tech-blogs.dev · its alternatives →

8. 8GI
   gist.io, blogless writing for hackers▲286

   2012 · gist.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Boostlog▲151

   A blogging platform for programmers.

   2018 · boostlog.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    plok.sh▲328

    Github to blog. Instantly. Free forever.

    Nov 2025 · plok.sh · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Gitscout▲307

    A beautiful Github Issues experience for macOS

    2016 · gitscout.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    GitNews Web▲265

    Trending repositories from GitHub, HackerNews & Reddit

    2019 · git.news · its alternatives →

13. 13
    git:logs▲176

    The definitive list of open source resources on Github

    2016 · franksohakune.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Postleaf▲260

    Simple & beautiful open source blogging platform.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    GitHub Reader▲109

    A quick way to browse GitHub issues and pull requests.

    2018 · git-issues.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    HubPress▲124

    A web application to build your blog on GitHub

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Git Begin▲236

    Start contributing to open source projects with ease

    2024 · gitbegin.theenthusiast.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Git Blog▲156

    Publish sites using Markdown & GitHub from your phone

    Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    My new GitHub issue tracker, BugHub▲111

    2012 · bughubapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Octomments▲88

    Using GitHub issues as a comment plugin.

    2020 · ocs.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Git Hooting▲124

    00's called, they want their RSS feeds back. I was looking at my growing Github gist collection when a sudden urge to blog and make a name for myself "by not programming" struck. Part way into implementing my oh so special static website generator it occurred to me that, quite frankly, Github gists is a pretty decent publishing platform. I mean, it gives you reasonably extended markdown with previews, heck I could even write in org-mode, has comments, follower - followee relationship, extended search with filters, check out locally and push your edits. Did someone say "edit button"? Thus the…

    2023 · git.ht · its alternatives →

22. 22TA
    TinyPress – A GitHub Blogging Platform▲93

    2015 · tinypress.co · its alternatives →

23. 23AT
    Automatically turn GitHub issues into blog posts▲11

    2015 · ebarnouflant.com · its alternatives →

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    Bugbot▲130

    Use GitHub Issues in Slack

    2015 · smallwins.today · its alternatives →

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