Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to OpenBlog - Simple blogging for devs
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. OpenBlog - Simple blogging for devs launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Grow your blog as a developer without an existing audience
2020 · its alternatives →
- 2OB
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Inspired by the "Ask HN: Share your personal site" last week, I finally came around and built a thing I wanted for a long time: a simple website to randomly explore all the awesome personal blogs without having to subscribe to them all. So this is what I built over the weekend. You click a button and indieblog.page will redirect you to a random page from a personal page... I'm happy to answer any questions you might have.
2022 · indieblog.page · its alternatives →
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I saw this [0] pretty cool thread by user revskill, and wanted a quicker way to search through it, but also to keep them all in one place so I can read them at my leisure whenever I get time. Right now is like 60 lines of Ruby using Nokogiri, but I will certainly look into it further down the line and improve the list. There's a cronjob checking the thread every 12 hours but I will eventually shut that down and it will become static after that. There are some really awesome blogs in there. I really recommend going through the list, it made my day. [0] "Could you share your personal blog…
2023 · dm.hn · its alternatives →
- 5OA
2019 · git.sr.ht · 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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The quieter social microblogging platform.
Aug 2026 · textlog.cc · its alternatives →
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Blogbuster ▲313Launch a blog on your domain in minutes & free
2025 · blogbuster.so · its alternatives →
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Discover the best engineering content from top tech companies, conferences, and indie blogs.
2022 · devblogs.co · its alternatives →
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IndieLogs▲264Stand out as a solopreneur & build a personal brand
2024 · indielogs.com · its alternatives →
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A free Bootstrap 4 blog template made for developers.
2019 · its alternatives →
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Blog with marketing tools, custom domain & analytics
2020 · its alternatives →
- 18IR
2017 · postleaf.org · its alternatives →
- 19HS
2020 · hackerspring.com · its alternatives →
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- 24SB
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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