Bashblog
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Bashblog, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Bashblog's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | GPL-3.0-or-later · self-hosted static blog |
The facts
Each one read from Bashblog's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Backups
- Bashblog automatically backs up the site each time a post is published, storing the backup as .backup.tar.gz.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Blog analytics
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Content features
- It supports drafts, previews, Markdown, tags and categories, an all-posts index, and automatically generated RSS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can configure blog settings by editing bb.sh or supplying a .config file, and can add headers, footers, and other page content.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The README describes Bashblog as having zero dependencies and running on base utilities such as date, grep, and sed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The README lists support for Disqus comments, Twitter, Feedburner, and Google Analytics.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes itself as a simple way to publish blog entries from a public server folder without special requirements or dependencies.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maintenance
- The maintainer says Bashblog has not been actively maintained since 2026-07-09 and that there are no features on the roadmap.checked 12 Oct 2026
- No installation
- The project says no installation is required: download bb.sh and start blogging.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The project says it works on GNU/Linux, OSX, and BSD out of the box.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Bashblog is a single Bash script for creating blogs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The README describes an option for cookieless Twitter sharing and says the software is provided without warranty under GPL version 3 or later; it makes no security certification claim.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Static output
- It generates static blog content for a public web folder, so publishing requires shell access to a machine with such a folder.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom codechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Writing and publishing
- Users create posts with their preferred editor, and Bashblog generates an HTML page for each post and the blog index.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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