Best Open Source Blogging Platforms in 2026

Platforms for creating, hosting, and managing blogs with content editing, publishing, and SEO features.

The most popular pick this year is Ghost with 52,789 GitHub stars, but all 6 options below are worth considering depending on your needs.

6 open source blogging platforms — ranked by GitHub stars. Browse all

Ghost

Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

Alternative to:

WordPress

EmDash

A full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro and Cloudflare, reimagining WordPress with serverless, type-safe foundations.

Alternative to:

WordPress

WriteFreely

Minimalist, federated blogging platform for writers who want a clean, distraction-free space to publish.

Alternative to:

WordPress

Haven

Self-hostable private blogging

Alternative to:

WordPress

FlatPress

FlatPress is a lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine.

Alternative to:

WordPress

Golocron

A plug-and-play blogging and wiki system for Go backends with Markdown support and live preview.

Alternative to:

WordPress

How we rank these tools

Tools are ranked by GitHub stars as a proxy for community adoption and trust. Stars reflect how many developers found a project valuable enough to bookmark — a reasonable signal for quality in the open source world. We only list tools that are actively maintained and open source.

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