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WriteFreely
WriteFreely is a clean, Markdown-based publishing platform for creating minimalist blogs and communities, with ActivityPub federation and low-resource Go deployment.
WriteFreely is a minimalist publishing platform built for writers, emphasizing a distraction-free writing and reading experience. It supports Markdown-based posts and can be run efficiently on small servers thanks to its Go-based architecture.
Key Features
- Clean, distraction-free editor with autosaving
- Markdown-based publishing with a minimalist reading experience
- ActivityPub federation so people on compatible networks can follow and share posts
- Multi-blog support from a single account (useful for pen names or separate publications)
- Drafts, post pinning to create static pages, and hashtag-based organization
- OAuth 2.0 support for integrating with existing identity providers
- Internationalization support, including right-to-left and non-Latin scripts
- Runs as a static binary with built-in SQLite support and optional MySQL support
Use Cases
- Personal blogging with a clean, privacy-minded writing experience
- Organization/internal publishing for sharing updates and knowledge
- Community publishing sites that interconnect with the broader fediverse
WriteFreely is well-suited to creators who want simple publishing, optional federation, and a lightweight stack that is easy to operate and scale from small deployments upward.
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