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Chyrp LiteWriteFreely
Free

Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.

 Free

Free and open source to self-host.

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Small and easy to run on shared hosting
  • Accessible markup with ARIA labelling
  • Single Go binary with no other dependencies
  • Followable from Mastodon and other ActivityPub services
  • Smaller plugin and theme selection than large CMSs
  • Requires your own PHP hosting
  • Deliberately minimal, with no likes or comments
  • Requires running your own server
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause License not stated
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 September 23, 2026

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