WriteFreely

WriteFreely supports minimalist, federated, self-hosted publishing through an open source platform for writing spaces.

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About WriteFreely

WriteFreely is an open source, self-hosted platform for building a writing space on the web for personal blogs or writer communities. It provides a fast auto-saving editor and clean reading view, supports Markdown and multiple blogs, and connects to the fediverse through ActivityPub. Setup needs command-line experience and a server, and it runs with few resources.

Pricing is not clearly stated.

Key features

  • Fast auto-saving editor that publishes directly to a blog
  • Clean reading view without news feed, notifications or unnecessary likes
  • Markdown or HTML formatting without leaving the keyboard
  • Multiple light blogs on multi-user instances
  • Host your own community of writers
  • Federation via ActivityPub with follow, bookmark and share from Mastodon and Pleroma
  • Install from a binary plus supporting files without other dependencies
  • Low resource use, runs on a 256 MB server or Raspberry Pi
Best for: People who want to start a personal blog or host a community of writers on their own server.

WriteFreely at a glance

Type
App
Pricing
Not confirmed. Check the site
Platforms
Web
Details verified
Oct 22, 2026 · Official source
Open source
Yes · Source code
Last checked
Oct 7, 2026 · Online when checked
Listed
Oct 5, 2026

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