Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Tumblr

The top open-source alternatives to Tumblr are Medium, Ghost, and WordPress. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Medium Landing Page
1

Medium

Welcome to Medium, a place to read, write, and interact with the stories that matter most to you.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS 2207 social mentions
Ghost Landing Page
2

Ghost

Ghost is a fully open source, adaptable platform for building and running a modern online publication. We power blogs, magazines and journalists from Zappos to Sky News.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $36.0 / Monthly (100k views/month, 2 users)
#Blogging #CMS #Blogging Platform 173 social mentions
WordPress Landing Page
3

WordPress

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 764 social mentions
Jekyll Landing Page
4

Jekyll

Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 181 social mentions
Joomla Landing Page
5

Joomla

Joomla! is the mobile-ready and user-friendly way to build your website. Choose from thousands of features and designs. Joomla! is free and open source.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 2 social mentions
Grav Landing Page
6

Grav

The modern open source flat-file CMS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Website Builder #Blogging 47 social mentions
Diaspora Landing Page
7

Diaspora

The online social world where you are in control.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Social Networks 29 social mentions
WriteFreely Landing Page
8

WriteFreely

Write Freely is free and open source software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS 33 social mentions
Dotclear Landing Page
9

Dotclear

Dotclear is an open source weblog and content management system.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS
Friendica Landing Page
10

Friendica

Decentralisation - Privacy - Interoperability
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralized Social Network #Social Networks 32 social mentions
Pico Landing Page
11

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Pico

A stupidly simple and blazing fast, flat file CMS
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 9 social mentions
Backdrop CMS Landing Page
12

Backdrop CMS

A free and Open Source CMS for small to medium sized businesses and non-profits.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Website Builder 12 social mentions