Medium
Publishing platform where the audience, the paywall and the reach belong to Medium.
3 self-hosted replacements in this index, ranked by GitHub stars in the dataset.
Replacements
Ghost
Just a blogging platform.
55,651 stars Active
1 Nov 2026 v6.73.0
WordPress
World's most-used blogging and CMS engine.
21,524 stars Active
1 Nov 2026
WriteFreely
Writing software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community.
5,283 stars Active
28 Sep 2026 v0.17.2
Popular comparisons
The most-starred pairings among these replacements, ranked by combined GitHub stars in the dataset.