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Bear Blog vs Mataroa: catalog facts
Bear Blog	Mataroa
Free Free to sign up and publish, according to the homepage.	Freemium Free for most features; premium with custom domain and post by email costs $9 per year.
Web	Web, Self-hosted
Very small pages with no trackers or ads RSS and Atom feeds	No ads, tracking cookies or email needed to sign up Easy export, including EPUB and monthly auto-exports
Deliberately minimal design and features Hosted only, so you depend on the service	Custom domains require the premium plan Deliberately minimal design and features
Hosted service	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed	Account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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