# Private and open-source alternatives to WordPress.com

1. [Mataroa](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/mataroa/): C (63/100). Minimal hosted blogging platform with Markdown posts, RSS and email subscriptions, and full export. Operated by a UK company, with public revenue and cost figures.
2. [Movim](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/movim/): C (63/100). Self-hostable web client for XMPP that combines chat, group chat, video calls, personal blogs and communities, with public instances available.
3. [Pico](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/pico/): C (63/100). Hosted services managed over SSH, including a blogging platform (Prose), static site hosting (Pages), pipes and tunnels. Accounts use SSH public keys instead of passwords or email.
4. [Bear Blog](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/bear-blog/): D (59/100). Minimal hosted blogging platform with small, fast pages, no third-party trackers and built-in first-party analytics.
5. [Write Freely](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/write-freely/): D (53/100). Minimal, federated blogging platform built on ActivityPub, self-hosted or offered as managed hosting by its developer, Musing Studio.
6. [Write.as](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/write-as/): D (50/100). Minimalist hosted blogging service from Musing Studio, focused on distraction-free writing and anonymous publishing, with federation over ActivityPub.
7. [Ghost](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/ghost/): D (47/100). Open source publishing platform for blogs and newsletters with paid memberships, run by the non-profit Ghost Foundation. Available as hosted Ghost(Pro) or self-hosted.
8. [Micro.blog](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/micro-blog/): F (34/100). Paid blog hosting service and social network for short and long posts, with custom domains and cross-posting to Mastodon, Bluesky and other networks over ActivityPub.
9. [Telegraph](https://privacyratings.com/blogging/telegraph/): F (28/100). Minimal publishing tool from Telegram for posting formatted articles with images, without an account. Pages are public to anyone with the link.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/alternatives/wordpress-com/