With layoffs starting at WordPress, and me recognizing that I’m a bit of a dinosaur in this regard, I’m wondering what folks are using for self-hosting their own blog these days? While I’m not exactly prolific, I do like having my own little home on the internet to write up things I find interesting and pretending people actually read it. And, of course, I really don’t want to be reliant on someone else’s computers; so, the ability to self-host is a must.

Honestly, my requirements are pretty basic. I just want something to write and host articles and not have to fight with some janky text editor. And pre-built themes would be very nice. It would be nice if there was an easy way to transition stuff I have in WP; but, I can probably get that with some creative copy/paste work.

So, what are all the cool kids blogging on these days?

  • haverholm@kbin.earth
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    11 days ago

    Hm, if you’re willing to compromise on that janky text editor, there’s still Jekyll, Hugo and all the other static site generators. Most will have some easy WP site import.

    Bear in mind, I don’t pretend to be a cool kid…

    For a solution that’s entirely online (ie. you aren’t relying on a bunch of files on your local machine that you generate a site out of and upload), there are flat file websites like Grav, Bludit and Yellow. They are (usually PHP) sites that run without a traditional database.

    There are also a couple of ActivityPub alternatives, but they seem to be floundering(?) Plume is currently not developed actively, and I just heard on here the other day that WriteFreely doesn’t federate properly for some users. Take the latter with a grain of salt, though.

    Oh, and Ghost just added ActivityPub, so there’s one more to that list!