Write Freely

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A minimalist, federated blogging platform offering a clean UI. It's free, open source, and caters to writers seeking simplicity and federation capabilities. For hosted options, visit Write.as.

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Description

A clean, Markdown-based publishing platform made for writers. Write together and build a community.

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Homepage

https://writefreely.org

License

AGPL-3.0

Created

02 Apr 17

Last Updated

26 Feb 26

Latest version

v0.16.0

Primary Language

Go

Size

16,213 KB

Stars

5,076

Forks

369

Watchers

5,076

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Recent Commits

  • Matt Baer (13 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1142 from lolbinarycat/monospace-stats display stat numbers as monospace

  • Matt Baer (13 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1437 from blacklight/fix/activitypub-payloads ActivityPub robustness and monitoring

  • Matt Baer (12 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1602 from writefreely/dependabot/github_actions/docker/build-push-action-6.19.2 Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.18.0 to 6.19.2

  • dependabot[bot] (12 Feb 26)

    Bump docker/build-push-action from 6.18.0 to 6.19.2 Bumps [docker/build-push-action](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action) from 6.18.0 to 6.19.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/compare/v6.18.0...v6.19.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: docker/build-push-action dependency-version: 6.19.2 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • Matt Baer (11 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1515 from writefreely/dependabot/github_actions/docker/setup-qemu-action-3.7.0 Bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 3.0.0 to 3.7.0

  • Matt Baer (11 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1525 from writefreely/dependabot/github_actions/docker/metadata-action-5.10.0 Bump docker/metadata-action from 5.8.0 to 5.10.0

  • Matt Baer (11 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1541 from writefreely/dependabot/github_actions/docker/setup-buildx-action-3.12.0 Bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 3.11.1 to 3.12.0

  • Matt Baer (11 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1567 from writefreely/dependabot/github_actions/docker/login-action-3.7.0 Bump docker/login-action from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0

  • Matt Baer (10 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1575 from writefreely/prevent-blank-ap-cc Don't add blank strings to mentioned users array in Activity object

  • Matt Baer (08 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1135 from vtyeh/fix-font-toggle-in-classic-editor-876 Fix font toggle in classic editor #876

  • Matt Baer (08 Feb 26)

    Update README copyright year to 2026

  • Matt Baer (08 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1559 from writefreely/goimports Run goimports on project

  • Matt Baer (08 Feb 26)

    Don't add blank strings to mentioned users array in Activity object Fixes #1569

  • Matt Baer (03 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1571 from writefreely/dependabot/go_modules/golang.org/x/net-0.49.0 Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.48.0 to 0.49.0

  • dependabot[bot] (01 Feb 26)

    Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.48.0 to 0.49.0 Bumps [golang.org/x/net](https://github.com/golang/net) from 0.48.0 to 0.49.0. - [Commits](https://github.com/golang/net/compare/v0.48.0...v0.49.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: golang.org/x/net dependency-version: 0.49.0 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • Matt Baer (01 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1565 from smazmi/add-gopher-gemini-protocols-1557 Add support for alternative smallweb URL schemes

  • Matt Baer (01 Feb 26)

    Merge pull request #1232 from writefreely/dependabot/go_modules/github.com/gosimple/slug-1.15.0 Bump github.com/gosimple/slug from 1.14.0 to 1.15.0

  • dependabot[bot] (28 Jan 26)

    Bump docker/login-action from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0 Bumps [docker/login-action](https://github.com/docker/login-action) from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0. - [Release notes](https://github.com/docker/login-action/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/docker/login-action/compare/v3.6.0...v3.7.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: docker/login-action dependency-version: 3.7.0 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • Sadique Azmi (26 Jan 26)

    Add support for alternative smallweb URL schemes Adds gopher://, gophers://, gemini://, and spartan:// protocols to the sanitization policy to allow these alternative protocol links in markdown content. Fixes #1557 Signed-off-by: Sadique Azmi <sadiquemobaraka5@gmail.com>

  • Matt Baer (22 Jan 26)

    Run goimports on project

  • Matt Baer (16 Jan 26)

    Merge pull request #1140 from writefreely/dependabot/go_modules/github.com/fatih/color-1.18.0 Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.17.0 to 1.18.0

  • Matt Baer (16 Jan 26)

    Merge pull request #1503 from writefreely/fix-socket-migrate Ignore missing socket file on shutdown

  • Matt Baer (16 Jan 26)

    Merge pull request #1546 from writefreely/dependabot/go_modules/golang.org/x/crypto-0.46.0 Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0

  • dependabot[bot] (15 Jan 26)

    Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0 Bumps [golang.org/x/crypto](https://github.com/golang/crypto) from 0.45.0 to 0.46.0. - [Commits](https://github.com/golang/crypto/compare/v0.45.0...v0.46.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: golang.org/x/crypto dependency-version: 0.46.0 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • Matt Baer (15 Jan 26)

    Merge pull request #1508 from writefreely/fix-single-user-url Fix single-user blog URL on Customize page

  • Matt Baer (15 Jan 26)

    Merge pull request #1548 from writefreely/dependabot/go_modules/golang.org/x/net-0.48.0 Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.47.0 to 0.48.0

  • Matt Baer (05 Jan 26)

    Merge pull request #1505 from writefreely/fix-single-customize-nav Fix collection Customize page header nav on single-user instances

  • dependabot[bot] (01 Jan 26)

    Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.47.0 to 0.48.0 Bumps [golang.org/x/net](https://github.com/golang/net) from 0.47.0 to 0.48.0. - [Commits](https://github.com/golang/net/compare/v0.47.0...v0.48.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: golang.org/x/net dependency-version: 0.48.0 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • dependabot[bot] (19 Dec 25)

    Bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 3.11.1 to 3.12.0 Bumps [docker/setup-buildx-action](https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action) from 3.11.1 to 3.12.0. - [Release notes](https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action/compare/v3.11.1...v3.12.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: docker/setup-buildx-action dependency-version: 3.12.0 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

  • Matt Baer (02 Dec 25)

    Merge pull request #1528 from writefreely/dependabot/go_modules/golang.org/x/crypto-0.45.0 Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.43.0 to 0.45.0

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