# Open-source blogging

5 open-source blogging rated against public privacy criteria.

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. [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.
5. [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.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/open-source/blogging/