Plume
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Plume, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Plume's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Self-hosted · MIT licensed |
The facts
Each one read from Plume's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Blog analytics
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Installation
- The documentation describes installation with Docker Compose, Docker, or a manual Docker Compose configuration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Full-text search is powered by YetiSearch, and syntax highlighting is powered by Shiki.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The site presents Plume as a publishing platform for the independent web.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- Plume is licensed under the MIT License.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- The site says Plume has no plugins or dashboards.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- The site says to place a Markdown file in the data/posts folder and run plume publish to publish it.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Plume is a self-hosted, flat-file publishing platform for the independent web.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The GitHub project says Docker and Docker Compose are required, or PHP for manual installation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- RSS
- Plume automatically generates RSS feeds for post syndication.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- Built-in full-text search lets readers find posts without an external service.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The installation guide recommends running Plume behind a reverse proxy and provides NGINX, Apache, and Caddy examples.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to GitHub Discussions for general help and support and to GitHub Issues for bug reports.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Syntax highlighting
- Markdown rendering includes Shiki-powered syntax highlighting.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom codechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Themes
- Light and dark themes switch automatically to match readers’ system preferences.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Writing
- Posts are authored as plain Markdown files.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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