This is a list of web log ("blog") software written in Python, organised by category. Please feel free to add to the list or add details.

To start a feature comparison, use the following keys within braces:BR c = commentsBR h = cachingBR k = pingback / tracebackBR m = markup supportBR n = notificationsBR p = plugin architectureBR r = RSS feedBR t = topics / categories

Tools

• [http://pyljclient.sourceforge.net/ pyLJclient]

  • wxPython LiveJournal client

• [http://pyblogger.wordpress.com pyblogger]

  • wrapper for the Blogger API

• [http://www.drbeat.li/py/plagg plagg]

  • a RSS/Atom aggregator for (Py)Blosxom

web.py Based

• [http://www.daltonlp.com/blog_my blog_my]

Zope Based

• [http://coreblog.org/ COREBlog]

• [http://www.codesyntax.com/bitakora/download Bitakora]

• [http://pyds.muensterland.org/ Python Desktop Server]

• [http://www.squishdot.org/ Squishdot]

• [http://plone.org/newsitems/news_item.2004-05-30.2594378408 simpleblog]

  • Zope/plone

• [http://developer.etria.com/projects/quills quills]

  • Zope/plone

Django Based

• [http://beyking.51boo.com/dev/ Beylog]

• [http://svn.pardus.org.tr/projeler/zangetsu/ Zangetsu]

  • [http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~caglar/ Demo]

• [http://trac.piranha.org.ua/ Byteflow] - {ckmrt}

• [http://code.google.com/p/blogmaker/ Blogmaker]

TurboGears Based

• [http://turboblog.devjavu.com/ TurboBlog]

Pocoo Libs Based

• [http://dev.pocoo.org/projects/textpress/ Textpress]

  • it has a similar look and feel like the real popular "WordPress", and also [http://dev.pocoo.org/projects/textpress/attachment/wiki/Screenshots/textpress_alpha_plugins.png many great plugins] available.

Snakelets Based

• [http://snakelets.sourceforge.net/frog/ Frog]

  • {ckmnr}
  • calendar
  • image embedding or linking
  • multi-user
  • active article overview
  • permalinks
  • Unicode compatible
  • data as XML files on filesystem
  • CSS-based valid layout

Uncategorised

• [http://snurf.bdash.net.nz/ Snurf]

  • uses file-system or Subversion repository for data
  • generates static HTML, RSS and Atom files

• [http://zephyrfalcon.org/weblog/arch_Firedrop.html Firedrop]

• [http://zephyrfalcon.org/weblog/arch_Kaa.html Kaa]

• [http://www.kryogenix.org/code/vellum/ Vellum]

  • {chkmnpt}
  • support for formatted Python code in posts

• [http://pyblosxom.sf.net/ PyBlosxom]

  • {ckmprt}
  • really simple cgi blog with flat file blog posts.
  • lots of plugins.

• [http://newsbruiser.tigris.org/ NewsBruiser]

• [http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/aether Aether]

• [http://insom.me.uk/blog/2004/07/25/hello-goodbye-pixie/ Pixie]

  • uses [http://www.quixote.ca/ Quixote]

• [http://www.myelin.co.nz/bzero/ bzero]

• [http://www.sajjadzaidi.com/pylogger/ Pylogger]

• [http://www.pyrite.org/byline/index.html Byline Server]

• [http://jtauber.com/leonardo Leonardo]

  • provides a "personal" wiki and weblog (including Atom feed)

• [http://syncato.org/ Syncato]

  • uses [http://www.webwareforpython.org/ webware] as an XML fragment management system

• [http://www.owlfish.com/software/PubTal/ PubTal]

• [http://23.fi/kukkaisvoima/ Kukkaisvoima] Simple one cgi file approach.

  • Multiple categories for one entry
  • No external dependencies outside Pythons standard library (no need for database engine etc.)
  • Comments
  • Nice archive pages for old entries
  • Search
  • RSS feed for all entries and for every category