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Antville vs Publify: catalog facts
AntvillePublify
Free

Free and open source software.

Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Hosts many independent blogs on one installation
  • Long-running project with a live public instance
  • Multi-user blogging with Markdown support
  • Plugin API and custom themes
  • Requires Helma Object Publisher and a relational database
  • Uncommon technology stack compared with PHP blog engines
  • Needs a Ruby on Rails environment to host
  • Translations are incomplete in some languages
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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