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Publify vs Dotclear: catalog facts
Publify	Dotclear
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Multi-user blogging with Markdown support Plugin API and custom themes	Long history, in development since 2002 Self-hosted, so you keep control of the blog
Needs a Ruby on Rails environment to host Translations are incomplete in some languages	Community and documentation are largely French-speaking Needs a PHP web server to run
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	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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