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A streamlined blog platform powered by WriteFreely, installed and maintained by DINAO. Write and publish with ease — no ads, no tracking, federated.

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Hosted in FranceDistraction-free WritingFederated (ActivityPub)GDPR CompliantOfficial publisher image
Overview

What is WriteFreely?

WriteFreely is an open source blog platform, minimalist and distraction-free, entirely focused on writing. Its Markdown editor bans ads, trackers, and clutter, leaving only the text for a sober and calming writing experience.

Designed to be federated, WriteFreely supports the ActivityPub protocol: your posts can be followed directly from Mastodon and the entire Fediverse, without relying on a proprietary platform. It handles drafts, scheduled publishing, static pages, RSS feeds, themes, and multi-blog and multi-user configurations.

Written in Go, lightweight, and designed for self-hosting, WriteFreely deploys easily in a container — ideal for a managed offering by DINAO with HTTPS, backups, and monitoring included.

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Host WriteFreely at DINAO

Resource tiers compatible with WriteFreely prerequisites (minimum 1 vCPU / 512 Mo / 2 Go). Hosted in France, fully managed.

Application available on a dedicated VPS

This application requires privileged access to the host machine, incompatible with managed shared hosting. It is installed on a dedicated VPS server where you keep full control — managed by DINAO.

Technical reason: bind-mount d'un chemin hôte (volumes nommés uniquement en managé).

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Requirements for WriteFreely: 1 vCPU, 512 Mo, 2 Go. Our Docker VPS at €11 excl. VAT per month covers them.

Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 vCPU
ideal : 2 vCPU
Memory
512 Mo
ideal : 1 Go
Disk
2 Go
ideal : 10 Go
Image : ghcr.io/writefreely/writefreely:latest Registry : GHCR (GitHub Container Registry) Services : writefreely (application web Go), db (base de données MariaDB) Ports : 8080/tcp (interface web HTTP)
FAQ

You might be wondering…

What is WriteFreely?

WriteFreely is an open source, minimalist blog platform focused on writing. It prioritizes text (in Markdown) and bans ads, trackers, and distractions.

Can my blog be followed from Mastodon?

Yes. WriteFreely supports ActivityPub: your posts can be followed from Mastodon and the entire Fediverse, without depending on a proprietary platform.

Do my contents belong to me?

Yes, completely. Your texts are stored on your French hosted instance, exportable at any time, with no proprietary lock-in.

Where are the data hosted?

On DINAO's infrastructure in France, in one of the available data centers. Your data never leaves the territory.

Can multiple authors publish?

Yes. WriteFreely operates in multi-user and multi-blog mode, allowing an entire organization to publish under a single instance.