About WriteFreely
WriteFreely is a minimalist, open source blogging platform that you can host yourself. It is built for writing, with no feeds, notifications or likes to pull your attention away.
What it does
WriteFreely gives you a fast, auto-saving editor and a clean reading view for your posts. Your blog can connect to the fediverse through ActivityPub, so people on Mastodon and similar services can follow it. You can also host a community of writers on the same installation.
Key features
- Distraction-free editor with auto-saving
- Federation with Mastodon and other ActivityPub services
- Install by running a single binary
- Host a community of writers
- Runs on very small hardware, such as a Raspberry Pi
Who it's for
Writers who want a quiet place to publish, and people who want to run a small blogging community. It also suits anyone who wants to keep their writing on a server they control.
Pricing and good to know
WriteFreely is open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, so the software is free to use. A managed hosting option is also offered for people who do not want to run a server. Because it is written in Go, the program is light on resources.
Highlights
- Write in a distraction-free editor
- Connect your blog to the fediverse
- Install as a single binary
- Run a community of writers on one server
