writefreely/writefreely
Writefreely
Writefreely is an open-source, multi-tenant publishing server and blogging engine. It provides a decentralized system for hosting minimalist blogs, utilizing the ActivityPub protocol to federate content and identities across different servers and social networks.
The platform focuses on a distraction-free writing experience by removing social metrics and providing an auto-saving editor. It allows a single user account to manage multiple distinct blogs and pen names, maintaining separate writing personas within one installation.
The system includes tools for content organization through hashtag categorization, post scheduling, and navigation pinning. Authors can customize the visual presentation of their blogs using custom CSS. Additionally, the software supports collective publication spaces, community content moderation, and multilingual script support for non-Latin and right-to-left text.
The service is written in Go and uses PostgreSQL for persistent data storage.
Features
- ActivityPub-Federated Blogging - Provides a blogging platform that federates content and identities across the decentralized social web via the ActivityPub protocol.
- Content Management & Publishing - Provides a persistent relational database to store blogs, user accounts, and metadata.
- Blog and Newsletter Publishing - Provides a focused blogging engine optimized for chronological content delivery without social media metrics.
- Drafting & Composition Tools - Supports content composition using HTML or plain text with built-in drafting and excerpt capabilities.
- Minimalist Writing Environments - Provides a distraction-free, minimalist blogging environment that prioritizes writing over social metrics.
- Self-Hosted Blogging Software - Provides self-hosted software for creating blogs with full control over custom CSS and data.
- Social Interactions - Provides a social interaction system including following, hashtagging, and cross-platform federation.
- Automatic File Saving - Features a text editor that automatically saves progress to prevent data loss during composition.
- Decentralized Social Networks - Integrates the platform into decentralized social networks, allowing external users to follow authors and share posts.
- Multi-Tenant Publishing - Allows a single server installation to host multiple users with isolated blogs and distinct personas.
- Writing Interfaces - Implements a minimalist text editing environment that reduces visual clutter to improve writing focus.
- Federated Content Sharing - Implements the ability to share and exchange blog content across decentralized networks using open social protocols.
- Multi-Blog from Single Account - Allows a single user account to manage multiple independent blogs with separate identities and pen names.
- Collective Publication Spaces - Establishes shared spaces where multiple authors can publish content and interact within a collective environment.
- Content Moderation Tools - Includes tools to remove offensive material and restrict users to maintain community standards.
- Content Scheduling Systems - Includes a system for managing post visibility and scheduling publications for future dates.
- Content Tagging Systems - Implements a tagging system that groups related content through hashtags for easy discovery.
- Content Tagging - Categorizes posts using labels and hashtags for organized content retrieval.
- Hashtag Post Retrievers - Enables the discovery of public posts across the federated network by querying specific hashtags.
- Blog Interface Customization - Provides tools for adjusting visual styles and layouts of individual blogs.
- User-Defined Stylesheets - Allows authors to customize the visual appearance of their blogs by injecting custom CSS stylesheets.
- Content Management Systems - Minimalist platform for federated blogging.
- Blogging Platforms - Minimalist, federated blogging software for communities.
- Blogging Platforms - Minimalist, federated blogging software for individuals or communities.
