Federated blog platforms? (ideally lightweight)

So I am trying to get a blog running on my VPS, and I already managed to use WordPress for that, but I really would like something a bit more basic. I also managed to get writefreely running and was not impressed with that (unlike WP it basically just pushed a single link post into the fediverse and didn't allow any further interactions).
Plume doesn't seem to be developed anymore.
Is there any other app for single-users that allows federation?

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Zak@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 224d

Wafrn might be worth a look. I've been meaning to try it myself.

can@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 224d

Maybe not what you're looking for but Lemmy has been used that way.

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 224d (3 replies)

Ghost might fit your needs.

kyonshi@piefed.social · 1 pts · 224d (2 replies)

Ok...but this looks way too enterprise?

artyom@piefed.social · 2 pts · 224d

It's a non profit and open source. But they do the same as WF, basically just an account that posts links to your blog.

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 223d

Molly White does a better job at explaining what Ghost is than I could. She did so on Ed Zitron's podcast, Better Offline a little while back. Sorry, but other than that I'd just do some more research.

Here is said episode.

delcake@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 223d

You might see if GoToSocial suits your needs.

poVoq@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 224d (2 replies)

Most microblogging platforms actually don't artificially limit the amount you can write, unlike Mastodon, so they can also work for macro-blogging.

Zak@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 224d (1 reply)

Mastodon's character limit is pretty easy to change when self-hosting, but it has other limitations like a lack of even basic formatting and images inline in posts. I think that's true of several of the others as well.

artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 224d

I changed it by using GTS instead