Antville
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Antville, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Antville's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Antville | Free | Open-source weblog hosting software · self-hosted installation |
The facts
Each one read from Antville's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Blog analytics
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Built-in memberships
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Comments
- Story owners can allow or disable comments, and Antville supports comment threads.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Sending notification emails requires access to an SMTP server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- The Antville 1.2 release notes list basic site import and export options for stories.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation requirements
- A self-hosted Antville installation requires Helma Object Publisher and relational database software; the project says PostgreSQL and MySQL were tested and MariaDB should work.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project lists the Apache License 2.0 as its code license.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Operating system package
- The AntClick instructions describe starting the package with start.bat on Windows or start.sh on Linux and Mac OS X.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Post scheduling
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Antville is open-source software for hosting weblogs and can host tens of thousands of blogs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Release
- The project lists Antville 1.6.0 as a stable release dated 2025-03-01.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security and reliability
- The project describes its codebase as stable and ready for production, while cautioning that bugs may remain and disclaiming responsibility for what the software might do.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to its support site for questions and its development site for bug reports and feature requests.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Technology
- Antville is written in server-side JavaScript and uses Helma Object Publisher and a relational database.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom codechecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Custom appearance
- Weblog appearance is controlled by editable skins, which are HTML snippets with special tags called macros.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2001checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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