[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":574},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-18432327":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":104,"maker_in_thread":233,"shape":244,"grid":248,"attempts":535,"same_week":536,"maker_shows":45,"maker_hidden":566,"reader_version":567,"card":568},"18432327","WriteFreely","minimalist, federated blogging platform","title","Show HN: WriteFreely – minimalist, federated blogging platform","https:\u002F\u002Fwritefreely.org","writefreely.org","thebaer",1542027739,2018,337,112,63,2155,3,"legend","productivity","blogging platform","web_app",[21,24,25,26,27],"fediverse","activitypub","self-hosted blog","open source blog","loved",0.252,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},13,35,0,2,50,{"idea":37,"execution":39,"docs":41,"design":42,"pricing":43},{"positive":38,"critical":34},4,{"positive":40,"critical":33},1,{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":18,"critical":33},{"positive":40,"critical":33},[45,33,33,33,33,33,33,45,18,33,33,18,18,45,18,18,18,18,18,45,45,18,18,45,18,18,45,45,18,45,45,18,18,33,18,18,34,40,18,18],5,null,{"problem":48,"audience":55,"pricing":61,"motivation":71,"time_to_build":46,"stack":75,"openness":101,"stage":102,"team_size":103},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Blogging on a simple, privacy-focused platform that federates via ActivityPub","maker",[52],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},"18432593","To explain a little more behind this project: this started out as a simple, privacy-focused blogging platform called Write.as. We've been running a Mastodon instance for a while…",{"value":56,"source":50,"evidence":57},"Existing users of decentralized social software and bloggers wanting a simple self-hosted blog",[58],{"id":59,"by":11,"text":60},"18434032","Right now it's aimed at existing users of decentralized social software (e.g. Mastodon), but yeah, that's great feedback. Thanks for the input!",{"value":62,"source":50,"evidence":63},"Free self-hosted; paid hosted plans via Write.as, lowest plan about $1 a month",[64,67],{"id":65,"by":11,"text":66},"18433713","That lowest plan lets you connect a custom domain and publish to Read.Write.as -- there isn't much more to it that isn't already included in the free plan. If you want to try out…",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"18432705","reitanqild","Super awesome! I love the combo of actual open source + option of paid hosting (so those who wants can sponsor development AND avoid the hassle of running their own instance.)…",{"value":72,"source":50,"evidence":73},"Opening up the Write.as codebase after adding ActivityPub support, in line with fediverse FOSS culture",[74],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},[76,84,95],{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Go","commenter",[80],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"18432763","ahreflink","I've noticed you write 'we' everywhere, but as far as I can tell you've done everything by yourself? Seriously impressive work by the way, and I'm really happy to see such a…",{"value":85,"source":78,"evidence":86},"MySQL\u002FMariaDB",[87,91],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"18432645","arendtio","Sounds nice, but from a technical point of view... Why does it require a MySQL server? 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Again this came out of our hosted platform, so there's still plenty to do to make it easy for…","open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":105,"objections":131,"requests":154,"questions":184,"alternatives":206},[106,120,124],{"value":107,"source":78,"evidence":108},"Clean, minimal UI and simple blogging",[109,113,117],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"18443476","koehn","I set up a [docker image for writefreely](https:\u002F\u002Fgitlab.koehn.com\u002Fdocker\u002Fwritefreely) and I love the clean and minimal-yet-everything-I-want UI. Any chance you'll open source…",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"18432934","bovermyer","I've been looking for something to fill the void left by WordPress and Ghost in the self-hosted blog engine space. This feels like it could do the job. I'll look at it a little…",{"id":118,"by":93,"text":119},"18433081","This is probably exactly what I've been looking for as a blogging platform. Definitely giving this a go.",{"value":121,"source":78,"evidence":122},"Open source plus paid hosting option",[123],{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},{"value":125,"source":78,"evidence":126},"No likes or claps",[127],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"18436972","innocentoldguy","I like that there aren't any \"likes\" or \"claps\" in WriteFreely. These always feel like argumentum ad populum mechanisms, designed to give a false sense of legitimacy to the…",[132,136,147],{"value":133,"source":78,"evidence":134},"Requires MySQL, harder self-hosting than SQLite",[135],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},{"value":137,"source":78,"evidence":138},"Unclear what 'federated' means to newcomers",[139,143],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"18433373","salvar","Have you done any research into how likely it is that a visitor from your demographic understands what \"federated\" means in this context? I ask because it's part of the tagline,…",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"18433619","maybeiambatman","What DOES \"federated\" mean in this context?",{"value":148,"source":78,"evidence":149},"Self-hosting requires running an unknown executable or paying",[150],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"18432438","TekMol","This totally confuses me. So I am supposed to either sign up for $10 per month or trust somebody from the internet and run their executable on my machine? Is there anybody here…",[155,166,173,180],{"value":156,"source":78,"evidence":157},"Support for LaTeX\u002FMathJax, data visualization and Jupyter",[158,162],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"18433259","all2","I've been poking around for a good blog platform (my website currently is generated statically with Hugo). There are certain features that I've been looking for: mathjax\u002Flatex,…",{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"18432961","dteiml","Is there an easy way to write Latex (e.g. with MathJax or Katex)? That is for me the most wanted feature of Medium (my intuition is they won't be adding it any time soon).",{"value":167,"source":78,"evidence":168},"RSS\u002FAtom support and a feature list",[169],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"18433442","skybrian","ActivityPub is nice, but I would also like to see support for RSS and\u002For Atom. Is that coming? More generally, linking to a feature list might be useful. I can read the source,…",{"value":174,"source":78,"evidence":175},"Clipboard image import",[176],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"18434296","localhost","I've been on the lookout for a lightweight blog engine for a while. This looks really nice! Some suggestions for you: - You might want to include a direct link to your sample…",{"value":181,"source":78,"evidence":182},"Open source Snap.as for self-hosting images",[183],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},[185,192,199],{"value":186,"source":78,"evidence":187},"Can Mastodon clients post to the blog?",[188],{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"18432958","fmoralesc","This is really neat! Will it be possible to use mastodon clients to post to the blog? That would be really awesome.",{"value":193,"source":78,"evidence":194},"Is there a static blog system with ActivityPub?",[195],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"18432812","rhn_mk1","I like this idea, and I'm eagerly waiting for this to catch on. Following up from this, I have 2 questions that keep me from entering the ecosystem: - I don't want to host…",{"value":200,"source":78,"evidence":201},"Are PRs upstreamed to Write.as?",[202],{"id":203,"by":204,"text":205},"18433050","andrey-p","Awesome, that's really good to hear! 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Would be great if there was a free plan for open source organizations and authors, so we could make use of the…",{"value":220,"source":78,"evidence":221},"Wagtail, Mezzanine, Pico",[222],{"id":223,"by":224,"text":225},"18433203","strunz","Check out Wagtail, Mezzanine, and Pico.",{"value":227,"source":78,"evidence":228},"rwtxt wiki",[229],{"id":230,"by":231,"text":232},"18433820","FraaJad","Another Go project that provides a self-hosted wiki is https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fschollz\u002Frwtxt and rwtxt uses Sqlite for data storage. It may be worth your while to consider that source…",{"comments":234,"answered":235,"key":236},17,11,[237,238,241],{"id":53,"text":54},{"id":239,"text":240},"18433025","The editorial \"we\" I suppose :) As for the code, yep I built everything myself (and wrote about it here [0]). But I've also had the help of people translating the app, giving…",{"id":242,"text":243},"18433550","Yep! This is the core software behind it all, so bug fixes and new features will make it into Write.as too. 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