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Mataroa vs Antville: catalog facts
Mataroa	Antville
Freemium Free for most features; premium with custom domain and post by email costs $9 per year.	Free Free and open source software.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
No ads, tracking cookies or email needed to sign up Easy export, including EPUB and monthly auto-exports	Hosts many independent blogs on one installation Long-running project with a live public instance
Custom domains require the premium plan Deliberately minimal design and features	Requires Helma Object Publisher and a relational database Uncommon technology stack compared with PHP blog engines
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	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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