Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to WriteFreely

The top open-source alternatives to WriteFreely are Ghost, Medium, 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.

Ghost Landing Page
1

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
Medium Landing Page
2

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 2204 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
Dotclear Landing Page
4

Dotclear

Dotclear is an open source weblog and content management system.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS
Jekyll Landing Page
5

Jekyll

Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 180 social mentions
Grav Landing Page
6

Grav

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

Hugo

Hugo is a general-purpose website framework for generating static web pages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Static Site Generators #Blogging #Blogging Platform 354 social mentions
Diaspora Landing Page
8

Diaspora

The online social world where you are in control.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Social Networks 29 social mentions
Friendica Landing Page
9

Friendica

Decentralisation - Privacy - Interoperability
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralized Social Network #Social Networks 32 social mentions
Publii Landing Page
10

Publii

Open Source CMS for Static Websites
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Social & Communications 59 social mentions
WP2Static Landing Page
11

WP2Static

Static site generator for WordPress
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #CMS #Static Site Generators 12 social mentions
GatsbyJS Landing Page
12

GatsbyJS

Blazing-fast static site generator for React
Pricing:
- Open Source
#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 14 social mentions