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I'm looking for a simple way of doing blogging. I'm trying several CMSs like Grav, Textpattern... etc., and SSGs like Jekyll but sometimes are limited or too heavy to manage or deal with.

I was thinking if I can use this tool just for me. I mean don't let other users publish but just me. Is this a good tool for that purpose? To be clear: I want to run a blog not a network.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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I use Publii. It is a static site generator, and it's open source. In my opinion, statically generated sites are superior for a lot of purposes. You can upload the generated site to any web hosting service. It doesn't include any trackers. It actually only produces the content you ask it to.

It is also very easy to use. The interface is a lot like what you'd expect if you're familiar with Wordpress or similar. If you have an existing Wordpress blog, you can import it and keep all your content.

My blog is generated by Publii. There is no code running on the server, it is all plain HTML. I run a self hosted tracking service myself, but I had to intentionally add it to the footer of the generated pages.