writefreely

Productivity & Wikis

A clean, minimalist publishing platform designed for writers to easily create blogs, knowledge bases, or community spaces.

Go Latest v0.17.1 · 6d ago Security brief →

Features

Distraction‑free editor with auto‑saving for seamless writing
Connects to other ActivityPub communities (e.g., Plume) via OAuth 2.0
Organize content using hashtags, pin posts as static pages, and manage multiple blogs privately
Localized in 20+ languages with full support for non‑Latin and RTL scripts

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v0.17.1 Mixed 6d

Auth Dependencies

Export fix + mass user management

Open

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v0.17.0 Security relevant 9d

Auth RBAC

Security fixes

Open

v0.16.0 New feature 11mo

⚠ Upgrade required

Stop the writefreely server before upgrading.
Replace all files in your installation except the `keys` directory with files from the new archive.
Run `writefreely db migrate` to update the database schema.

Notable features

ActivityPub Likes support with per-post display counts (visible only to post author)
Fediverse preview/summary fields for Article objects, improving display on Mastodon and Threads
fediverse:creator tag verification for author attribution on Mastodon

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