List of Free and Open Source Blog Script

WordPress is a software that has become the most widely used content management system and is used to set up blogs. It is Open Sources blog written in PHP and MySQL, licensed under the GPL.

WordPress allows users to create and edit websites through the central admin console, including a text editor to modify content, menus, and various design elements.

WordPress offers plugins and themes that provide additional functionality through the WordPress Directory. WordPress Repository has more than 50K+ plugins and 11k+ themes available and can be installed through one-click uploads or installation through the WordPress library easily.

Users who can write articles into the software and others who read the article can write a comment on it.

b2evolution is an advanced weblog application allowing you to run your own blogs, news-feeds, forums or even photo gallery. b2evolution is a medium scale CMS centred around the Blog concept, fully featured with multiple blogs, content/presentation separation, full user management, full internationalization (i18n), workflow management and extending towards features normally provided by Wikis, Trackers or hierarchy driven CMSes.

Serendipity is a weblog app powered by PHP that provides users with an easy way to maintain an online diary, weblog or even a complete website.

Although the default package is designed for regular bloggers, Serendipity offers a flexible, open and easy-to-use bracket with the power for professional applications.

Casual users appreciate the way the sophisticated Serendipity architecture plugin allows you to easily modify both the appearance of the blog and its features.

You can install over 120 plugins with a single click, instantly enhance the functionality of the blog. No need to edit code!

DotClear is a free, open-source Web publishing that was created in 2002 by Olivier Meunier. A project by a person at first, Dotclear has soon gathered a group of different personality with different backgrounds.

The purpose of the project is to provide an easy-to-use tool that allows people to publish on the Web, regardless of their technical skills.

Pubvana is build to be the easiest and most intuitive CMS to use for personal blogs and websites and small business websites. Pubvana utilizes the easy to use and powerful Twitter Bootstrap front-end framework. Pubvana provides fast, powerful blogging and pages. Pubvana is a modular and customizable application with a premade theme and widgets.

Textpattern is a web app designed to help remove obstacles to online publishing and simplify the production of well-structured, standards-compliant Web pages. Textpattern is a flexible, elegant and easy-to-use content management system. It is both free and open source.

HTMLy is a flat-file blogging platform written in PHP. HTMLy is a free and open-source database-less application that can also work as the flat file cms HTMLy uses a special algorithm to find or list any content based on date category tag or author and performance will remain fast even if we have thousands of posts and hundreds of tags.

FlatPress is a lightweight, easy-to-install blogging tool. Usually and simply, just PHP. No database required! Present since 2006, FlatPress has matured and been well tested.

FlatPress Features

• Standard compliance
• No need to get acquainted with SQL
• Easy backup! Just copy a folder
• Easy plugin system
• Widget support
• Easy to customize with themes (provided by Smarty)
• FlatPress is free software according to GNU GPLv2