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Ask HN: What are the best minimalist, text-centric blogging platforms?

#1
I have lots of written content organized under main categories and tags (multiple tags per category). Im looking for a simple site builder/template that allows me to present this in a clean, minimalist but functional way without all the fancy bells and whistles that the mainstream site builders promote.

Any help would be very much appreciated!!!

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: What are the best minimalist, text-centric blogging platforms?

#7
Permanence is my concern with the indie blog hosting services mentioned here (bearblog, prose.sh, nicheless.blog)

Also, because you already have a lot of the content, maybe you don't need a blog? what about a "digital garden" ?

What is a digital garden? -> https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history

Tools (easy options included) -> https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners

If you have your content in a note-taking app like obsidian, there is even simple tutorials on how to freely publish it with all those precious "multiple tags per category", all in one go.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best minimalist, text-centric blogging platforms?

#10
You can’t beat hosting a plain HTML file on a static server here. You already have directory support with hyperlinks, and there is no Web technology today that will have more persistence when it comes to a template API. It’s as close as you can get to Just Works on the Internet.
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