WriteFreely
★ 5.3kA self-hosted alternative to Wordpress Com
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No Paywall2 Containers — 2 containers — light hosting footprintBinary · Package · SourceNeeds MariaDB5 active committers (12mo)
About
WriteFreely is a minimalist publishing platform designed for writers, small communities, and organizations that want a simple way to publish text online. It focuses on a clean writing experience...
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Features
- distraction-free editor
- auto-saving
- public or private publishing
- ActivityPub federation
- OAuth 2.0 support
- hashtags
- static pages
- draft posts
- multiple blogs from one account
- localized interface
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 9, 2026
- Created
- Apr 2, 2017
- Install Methods
- binarypackage-managersource
- Requirements
- SQLiteMySQLMariaDBGo
- Authentication
- oauth
- Backup & Export
- hosted-backup
- Runtime / Stack
- Go
- Privacy & Independence
- No TelemetryCloud: Optional
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containers — light hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers
Docker Compose
2 services · database: mariadb · infra: mariadb
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (2 volumes)
docker-compose.prod.yml · @ 049aa2a · scanned Sep 23, 2026
services:
app:
image: writefreely
container_name: writefreely
volumes:
- ./data:/data
ports:
- 127.0.0.1:8080:8080
depends_on:
- db
restart: unless-stopped
db:
image: lscr.io/linuxserver/mariadb
container_name: writefreely-mariadb
volumes:
- ./db:/config
environment:
- PUID=65534
- PGID=65534
# ...
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