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Mataroa vs WordPress: catalog facts
Mataroa	WordPress
Freemium Free for most features; premium with custom domain and post by email costs $9 per year.	Free Free and open source under the GPL; you pay only for your own hosting.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
No ads, tracking cookies or email needed to sign up Easy export, including EPUB and monthly auto-exports	Very large library of themes and plugins Visual block editor with live preview
Custom domains require the premium plan Deliberately minimal design and features	Needs a PHP and database server to self-host Plugins and themes vary widely in quality and need updating
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-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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