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Antville vs WordPress: catalog facts
Antville	WordPress
Free Free and open source software.	Free Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Hosts many independent blogs on one installation Long-running project with a live public instance	Very large library of themes and plugins Visual block editor with live preview
Requires Helma Object Publisher and a relational database Uncommon technology stack compared with PHP blog engines	Needs a PHP and database server to self-host Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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