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Open Source / Free Blogging Scripts
List of Open Source / Free Blogging Scripts
Yeap, you heard it right - Totally FREE
The following scripts are written in a random order and not in anyway being placed based on popularity and level of preference.
1. TextPattern -     
A free, flexible, elegant, easy-to-use content management system for all kinds of websites, even weblogs.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
2. SimplePHPBlog -     
The main advantage of using Simple PHP Blog is that it only requires PHP 5 (or greater) and write permission on the server. Unlike other blog software, there is almost no setup - just unzip and copy...
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Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
3. Nucleus CMS -     
With Nucleus, you can set up one or more weblogs. If you want to, you can even show the contents of multiple weblogs on the same page. Each blog has its own team of authors. Some authors will only have posting rights, others will be allowed to change settings for the blog as well. Within a weblog, you can set up one or more categories. Each item you add in your weblog will be put in one of these categories. Nucleus provides a built-in Commenting System, so there's no need for external commentingtools. A karma-voting system is also provided.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
4. Serendipity -     
Serendipity is a weblog/blog system, implemented with PHP. It is standards compliant, feature rich and open source (BSD License). Serendipity is constantly under active development, with a team of talented developers trying to make the best PHP powered blog on the net.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
5. Dotclear -     
DotClear was design only for weblogs management, and do it well. It is completely free! DotClear is a free software distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Official Site : Click Here
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Demo : Click Here
6. boastMachine -    
boastMachine is an open source, state of the art publishing platform written from scratch, that makes your web publishing experience so fun and easy as never before! From the fully automated installation to advanced content management features to spam fighting, boastMachine provides you with all that you would ever need!
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
7. Wordpress -     
WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
8. LoudBlog -    
Loudblog is a sleek and easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) for publishing media content on the web. It automatically generates a skinnable website and an RSS-Feed for Podcasting. Just upload your audio/video files, add some notes and links, and you're done!
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
9. LifeType -    
The goal of the LifeType project is to create a stable multi-user and multi-blogging platform, to strengthen the concept of communities around blogs. LifeType supports multiple blogs and users, media management, generation of standard content, clean URLs and support for subdomains. LifeType is released under the GPL license, and requires PHP and MySQL to work.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
10. Zomplog -    
Loudblog is a sleek and easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) for publishing media content on the web. It automatically generates a skinnable website and an RSS-Feed for Podcasting. Just upload your audio/video files, add some notes and links, and you're done!
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
11. sBlog -    
sBLOG is designed to be a small and efficient blog for individuals and supports creation and editing of static pages.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
12. WikyBlog -    
WikyBlog is a PHP/MySQL CMS designed with the already well known MediaWiki syntax and an AJAX enhanced tabbed interface. UTF8 support for multi-language abilities, integrated custom template editing, file upload, a flexible user-privilege system and Google Maps integration count among the many other features...
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Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
13. b2evolution -    
b2evolution is probably the most comprehensive blog engine you can find! It includes almost any feature you could expect from a blog tool, and more. Plus, it's free, it's open-source (GPL), it runs virtually anywhere (PHP/mySQL) and it's available in many languages!
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
14. Simplog -    
Simplog provides an easy way for users to add blogging capabilities to their existing websites. Simplog is written in PHP and compatible with multiple databases. Simplog also features an RSS/Atom aggregator/reader. Powerful, yet simple.......
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
15. Wheatblog -   
Wheatblog is blogware: it's a web-based content management system for maintaining online blogs, journals, news pages, and about anything else you can think of writing down. It allows reader interaction with a comment system, and generates valid RSS 2.0 feeds. It is powered by PHP and is compatible with the MySQL and SQLite database systems.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
16. Eggblog -   
Eggblog is a free php & mysql package, allowing you to create your own online website, journal or weblog (blog).
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
17. WB News -  
WB News is a PHP and MySQL News System developed by Webmobo.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
1. ASP Simple Blog -    
With this Simple Blog script, you can maintain the updates on your site, like its name says, it's really simple, and you may use it either for your News or your Personal Blog, it's up to you.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
2. Ublog -    
The Ublog includes:Toolbar to add images, links,etc. to your blogs; Blog archive by date; Calendar to select blog; Possibility to select the kind of weblog; Possibility to comment a blog; Notify via email to the administrator; Anti-spam settings (Cookie); Password protected control system.....
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
3. HostForest -    
Forest Blog is a versatile ASP based blogging application that supports both MSSQL and MySQL databases to provide users with power and flexibility. Coded with standards compliance and accessibility in mind Forest Blog is both XHTML 1.0 and CSS compliant and features excellent accessibility. Forest Blog is fully documented and features a flexible administration panel that allows you to configure every aspect of the Forest Blog application as well as allowing you to quickly add categories and articles as well as creating new physical pages with your own ASP code in seconds.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
4. RI Blog -  
A blog with html editor, categories, calendar, search and comments. Based on asp, access and xhtml.
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
5. Matthew1471's BlogX -    
Based on Chirs Anderson's .Net example, the Matthew1471 BlogX has been completely re-coded in to Classic ASP, with improvements such as POLLS, SPAM protection, PINGBACK, Spell Check..and more!
Official Site : Click Here
Download : Click Here
Demo : Click Here
Fantastico - Automatically install your blogging scripts
Forget about the hassle of downloading and uploading
Fantastico De Luxe is an amazing cPanel/PHP based Web application. It integrates with cPanel and gives you and your clients the ability to automagically install below listed popular Open Source Applications. With Fantastico the installation procedure of all of the following scripts takes only seconds and can be performed by novices without the need of setting up MySQL databases, importing structure, chmoding files and without the need of other tasks usually associated with installations.
If you're webhost operates on Cpanel, chances are, you have the option to use Fantastico.
The current supported Blog installations are:-
- b2evolution
- Nucleus
- pMachine Free (great tool for managing your own personal blogging site or mini portal.)
- WordPress
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