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bloglite

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MIT LicenseOpen Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintComposeNo external DB1 active committer (12mo)

About

bloglite is a self-hostable microblogging service for people who want a simple place to write short posts, save notes, and later find them again. It is positioned as a Twitter/Bluesky-like...

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Features

  • Markdown posts
  • syntax highlighting
  • math expressions
  • desktop and mobile publishing
  • file and image uploads
  • plain-text backups
  • built-in search
  • POSSE syndication

Details

Last Updated
Oct 18, 2026
Created
Apr 13, 2025
Install Methods
docker-compose
Requirements
SQLite database
Authentication
local
API
REST
Backup & Export
file-backupnative-exportapi-export
Runtime / Stack
Docker
Privacy & Independence
No Cloud Required
Deployment

Deployment: Compose via READMESingle Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container

Run bloglite with Docker Compose

Compose example from the bloglite README.

1 service

no resource limits declared

needs persistent storage (1 volume)

scanned Oct 19, 2026

services:
  bloglite:
    image: 'zot.huijzer.xyz/bloglite:3'
    container_name: 'bloglite'
    environment:
      BLOGLITE_USERNAME: 'john'
      BLOGLITE_DOMAIN: 'example.com'
    env_file:
      # Contains `BLOGLITE_PASSWORD="<PASSWORD>"`.
      - 'BLOGLITE_PASSWORD.env'
    ports:
      - '3000:3000'
    volumes:
      # Stores the SQLite database.
      - './data:/data:rw'
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD', '/bloglite', 'check-health']
    logging:
      driver: 'json-file'
      options:
        max-size: '5m'
        max-file: '10'
    restart: 'unless-stopped'

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