Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Tumbless, a Tumblr-like blogging platform running on Amazon S3

A blogging platform based only on Amazon S3 (and your browser) - matteobrusa/Tumbless

Tumbless is a blogging platform that runs entirely on Amazon S3 and operates through a web browser, requiring no traditional server infrastructure. It functions similarly to Tumblr, allowing users to create and manage… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tumbless, a Tumblr-like blogging platform running on Amazon S3 launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AS
   A simple blogging platform I built out of frustration with other tools▲210

   2021 · dynablogger.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Wisp CMS▲410

   Delightful way to create + manage blogs on existing websites

   2024 · wisp.blog · its alternatives →

3. 3
   I built a frontpage for personal blogs▲783

   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 →

4. 4
   Bear – Minimal blogging platform▲685

   Free, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging

   2020 · bearblog.dev · its alternatives →

5. 5WM
   WriteFreely – minimalist, federated blogging platform▲337

   Minimalist, federated, self-hosted blogging platform.

   2018 · writefreely.org · its alternatives →

6. 6AB
   A Blogging Platform▲25

   2020 · scribbble.io · its alternatives →

7. 7MP
   Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?▲281

   2021 · multiverse.plus · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Postleaf▲260

   Simple & beautiful open source blogging platform.

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9IM
   I made a free blogging/bookmarking platform with discussions/discovery▲51

   2021 · wndr.xyz · its alternatives →

10. 10
    I built a social media management tool in 3 weeks with Claude and Codex▲190

    Open-source, self-hostable social media management platform. Schedule, publish, and manage content across 10+ platforms from a single dashboard. Free alternative to Buffer, Sendible, and SocialPilot. - brightbeanxyz/brightbean-studio

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok▲330

    Hey - I've been playing with LLMs since GPT-2 and recently experimented with fully generative UIs where the HTML/Canvas are generated just-in-time. Every post on the feed( on slop/duck/storytime) you see is streamed and generated just-in-time with HTML and into a Canvas with Gemini 3 Flash. Comments and DMs are bidirectionally linked with a Cloudflare Workers Durable Object which is why they feel so fast. Every generated post is saved into a DO SQLite which is then served into the "Following" feed so it can be served quicker. This was inspired by Wikitok, a VSCode Extension I…

    Jan 2026 · quack.sdan.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Blogging by 1MB▲99

    The easy way to host your website or blog

    2021 · 1mb.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Caramella▲398

    A clean, modern blogging platform without the fuss

    2018 · caramel.la · its alternatives →

14. 14HM
    Hosting my WordPress blog entirely on Amazon S3▲39

    2012 · slowping.com · its alternatives →

15. 15IJ
    I just launched a new blogging platform▲43

    2012 · blog.brytter.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    fwiw▲75

    A simple and stylish blogging platform

    2019 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    A Handwritten Blogging Platform▲192

    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 →

18. 18
    Sqwok – A social chat alternative to Twitter and Reddit▲218

    I previously did a Show HN late Dec 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25470672 That was a great experience and in the past year I continued to develop the site to bring it to a level of stability and maturity that I felt necessary for it to have a chance to succeed. Sqwok is all about answering the question: Can we have better open conversations on the internet? I wasn’t satisfied with the existing means of discussing topics such as culture, history, politics, and technology through threaded comments, and was simultaneously impressed with Slack bringing the IRC…

    2022 · sqwok.im · its alternatives →

19. 19TA
    TinyPress – A GitHub Blogging Platform▲93

    2015 · tinypress.co · its alternatives →

20. 20
    BlogBeats▲68

    A geo, time-tagged blogging platform

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21AR
    A Really Simple Blog Platform▲19

    2012 · throwww.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Bloggi▲168

    A simple blogging platform

    2019 · bloggi.co · its alternatives →

23. 23IR
    I rebuilt my blogging app on Node.js and just open sourced it▲76

    2017 · postleaf.org · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Free Blogging Platform for Startups▲103

    Blog with marketing tools, custom domain & analytics

    2020 · papyras.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 →