Medium Alternatives

Medium is described as 'New place on the Internet where people share ideas and stories that are longer than 140 characters and not just for friends. It’s designed for little stories that make your day better and manifestos that change the world' and is a very popular Blog Publishing tool in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Medium for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Windows and Mac apps. The best Medium alternative is WordPress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Medium are Ghost, Tumblr, Blogger and Bear Blog.

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  1. Pivlu icon
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    Everything your business needs, in one platform. Website, online store, bookings, team collaboration, analytics, and CRM — built to work together from day one. Simple to start. Powerful as you scale.

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  2. Texttile icon
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    Texttile is a blog engine for more than one writer. Everyone on the blog can be in the same entry at the same time, gallery of photos and videos included. One Docker container, SQLite, no other service.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  3. TikTok-style learning app that turns doomscrolling into knowledge with bite-sized lessons in psychology, spycraft, quantum physics, and 30+ other categories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  4. Waldi icon
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    Waldi is a blogging platform, but not another minimalistic blogging engine. Every post delivers to at least 100 readers before any black-box algorithm judges it, and every registered reader will get a random stranger post each morning in their inbox.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Finnish for one thousand is a platform for long-form writing. No threads, no microblogging, no hot takes. Originally posts had to be at least 1,000 words to be posted, although as new languages were added and use cases considered that was eventually dropped.

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    • Online
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  6. Sleeve icon
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    Sleeve is a direct-to-fan platform that helps artists build a fan home, share releases, and monetize relationships through memberships, posts, and live moments.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Leaflet is a tool for shared writing and social publishing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. jekyll SEO template is the best alternative to blogging on Medium. It has been highly optimized for SEO and could seriously increase the organic traffic to your blog.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Zyyne icon
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    Flipbooks + HTML5 + Cloud = Zyyne

    Zyyne is an online platform that boosts your publications : they are more vivid, easier to disseminate and can be read on any medium. A powerful analysis tool allows you to see who has read them and how.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  10. MacyHTML icon
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    MacyHTML is a powerful web-based tool for designing and customizing web pages with a drag-and-drop interface. It provides an interactive workspace where users can add, edit, and arrange elements like text, buttons, images, audio, and videos.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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