20 self-hosted Micro.blog alternatives

Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for blogs and websites with built-in newsletters, membership management, and paid subscriptions.

54.6k stars11.8k forksMITlast commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Mastodon is an open-source, ActivityPub-compatible social network server for microblogging, offering federated timelines, moderation tools, media support, and APIs.

50.1k stars7.5k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open-source federated social network built around independently run pods, privacy via Aspects, and standard social features; implemented in Ruby on Rails.

13.7k stars2.9k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 16 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Misskey is an open-source federated microblogging platform using ActivityPub, enabling communities to run their own social server and interact across the fediverse.

11.3k stars1.6k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

WriteFreely is a clean, Markdown-based publishing platform for creating minimalist blogs and communities, with ActivityPub federation and low-resource Go deployment.

5.2k stars385 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 20 Jul 2026Actively maintained

BroadcastChannel turns a public Telegram Channel into a fast, SEO-friendly microblog website with RSS feeds and minimal client-side JavaScript.

2.1k stars1k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 19 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Ech0 is a lightweight open-source, self-hosted federated publishing platform (ActivityPub) with a Vue-based UI, SQLite storage, Docker deployment and built-in Markdown editor.

2k stars150 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open-source Ruby on Rails blogging and publishing platform (formerly Typo) with themes, plugins, multilingual support and an official demo.

1.9k stars3.6k forksMITlast commit 20 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Friendica is a decentralized, federated social network server that connects to the Fediverse, offering posts, profiles, events, photos, and strong privacy controls.

1.7k stars373 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

HTMLy is a fast, databaseless PHP blogging platform and flat-file CMS with built-in search, themes, categories/tags, and an admin dashboard for managing content.

1.4k stars305 forksGPL-2.0last commit 25 Jan 2026Slowing down

Open Source Social Network (OSSN) is PHP-based social networking software to build your own community site with profiles, newsfeed, groups, chat, photos, and admin tools.

1.2k stars557 forkslast commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Hyphanet (formerly Freenet) is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication and publishing using an encrypted, decentralized data store and plugin-based apps.

1.2k stars236 forksGPL-2.0last commit 10 May 2026Actively maintained

Open-source publishing platform enabling multi-user blogs, status updates, and media on your own site.

1.1k stars197 forkslast commit 12 Apr 2026Actively maintained

Textpattern CMS is a lightweight, extensible PHP CMS for building blogs and websites with a tag-based templating system, plugins, and a streamlined admin interface.

878 stars110 forksGPL-2.0last commit 16 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted, federated catalog and social tracker for books, movies, TV, music, podcasts, games, and performances with ratings, reviews, lists, and ActivityPub.

864 stars65 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 26 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Private, self-hosted blogging app with Markdown editor, private RSS, built-in reader, and Docker/Postgres deployment options.

797 stars48 forksMITlast commit 23 Jul 2026Actively maintained

WonderCMS is a tiny flat-file CMS for building fast websites and blogs with in-place editing, themes/plugins, and one-click updates and backups—no database required.

735 stars165 forksMITlast commit 1 Jan 2026Slowing down

Adds ActivityPub federation to Nextcloud so users can post, follow, and interact with the fediverse while keeping content on their Nextcloud instance.

498 stars58 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 10 Jun 2026Actively maintained

Minimal, accessible PHP blogging engine with Twig themes, modular Feathers and modules for media, tags, comments, and simple caching. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.

490 stars68 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit 26 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Headless federated microblogging server for single users that implements ActivityPub and Mastodon-compatible REST APIs for use with Mastodon clients.

478 stars57 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained