LiveJournal Alternatives

LiveJournal is described as 'Online blogging software - free for basic users! Personal publishing, community involvement and individual expression' and is a Blog Publishing tool in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to LiveJournal for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best LiveJournal alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LiveJournal are Tumblr, Ghost, Neocities and Blogger.

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  1. ExpressionEngine CMS is the most secure, flexible, extensible, and user friendly Open Source CMS on the planet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. Lavalite icon
     6 likes

    LavaLite is an open source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and Laravel web application framework. It currently supports MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB and PostgreSQL for the database backend.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  3. Portal CMS icon
     8 likes

    Portal CMS is a free and open source content management system with a powerful integrated page builder built in .NET MVC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Chyrp Lite icon
     7 likes

    Chyrp Lite makes it possible to host a blog on your own web server with minimal fuss. You can have a traditional blog, a tumbleblog, or you can add oodles of customisation and build a web publishing platform with blogging features on the side.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  5. Commaful icon
     6 likes

    Commaful takes everything you love about stories and makes it a bite-sized, on-the-go experience. Stories take minutes to read, so you can immerse yourself in a crazy adventure or dream through a romantic love story during your busy schedules!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  6. LabiBlog icon
     2 likes

    LabiBlog - Blog Platform for Inbound Marketing. Company Blog to Produce Engaging Content & Attract Sales-Ready Prospects.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Octopress icon
     19 likes

    Octopress is a framework designed by Brandon Mathis for Jekyll, the blog aware static site generator powering Github Pages. To start blogging with Jekyll, you have to write your own HTML templates, CSS, Javascripts and set up your configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Jekyll
     
  8. postach.io icon
     25 likes

    Postach.io helps you instantly create custom sites by converting your notes to blog posts and pages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Evernote
    • Dropbox
     
  9. Bloopist icon
     8 likes

    Bloopist is a simplified blogging platform. Preview your posts as your create them. Publish to your custom domain. Drag and drop image uploads. Schedule and queue posts for publication.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Umbraco icon
     12 likes

    Umbraco is a fully-featured open source content management system with the flexibility to run anything from small campaign or brochure sites right through to complex applications for Fortune 500's and some of the largest media sites in the world.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
    • .NET Framework
     
  11. Metalsmith icon
     2 likes

    An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator for NodeJS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Movable Type Pro is designed for bloggers, design and development firms, and small and medium-sized businesses, and has all of the features of Movable Type plus social networking features, custom fields for extending your content management system, and new Professional Templates...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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