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:
a = authentication / authorization
b = integrated admin backend for editors (CMS)
c = comments
h = caching
k = pingback / traceback
m = markup support
n = notifications
p = plugin architecture
u = multi-user blog system (Twitter-like)
r = RSS feed
s = data export / import (schema migration)
t = topics / categories
Tools
wxPython LiveJournal client
- wrapper for the Blogger API
- a RSS/Atom aggregator for (Py)Blosxom
web2py Based
- Instant Press is an open source CMS developed in the web2py framework. Instant Press is simple, easy to use and attractive.
- A blog system developed with web2py. Offers posts, pages,caching, comments, file uploads, import your wordpress data.
- Wordpress Clone made with web2py framework (can run on Google App Engine)
web.py Based
Zope Based
Python Desktop Server // This is a bad link
- Zope/plone
- Zope/plone
Django Based
Mumblr - utilises MongoDB for storage
- last updated 2010-09-13
- last updated 2009 (?)
- "Gone with the wind..." - dead link.
Byteflow - {ckmrt}
- last updated 2011-03-10 (active)
- last updated 2009-12-09
- last updated 2010-04-28
PyLucid CMS has a built in blog plugin PyPI - {chmr}
- last updated 2011-01-25 (active)
Hoydaa Blog - An extensible Django based blogging software running on Google App Engine.
BlogEngine - Lightweight Blogging api based on Django and WSGI. Made with 100% free and and reusable components (BSD licensed, no developers contract/license) - {achmnpst}
- Dead link.
collective - Blog engine with minimal core feature set.
- last updated 2011-01-08
Mezzanine - CMS with integrated Blog engine.
TurboGears Based
Pocoo Libs Based
is a "set of modifications to the Sphinx project to make it slightly more suitable as a blogging engine". See also its page on PyPI.
Snakelets Based
Frog running on Snakelets,
As of 20100607, there is only a Wikipage discussing a Frog reimplementation. Frog and Snakelets are no longer publicly available.
- calendar
- image embedding or linking
- multi-user
- active article overview
- permalinks
- Unicode compatible
- data as XML files on filesystem
- CSS-based valid layout
Uncategorised
- Minimalistic blogging software that generates static HTML from RST source
- Uses Mercurial for version control
- Disqus and Google Analytics integration
- Runs on Google App Engine
- Exposes a REST API
- Runs on Google App Engine
Snurf // Homepage is down or has been moved
- uses file-system or Subversion repository for data
- generates static HTML, RSS and Atom files
- last updated 2004-02-14
- {chkmnpt}
- support for formatted Python code in posts
- {ckmprt}
- really simple cgi blog with flat file blog posts.
- lots of plugins.
uses Quixote
- provides a "personal" wiki and weblog (including Atom feed)
- last updated 2009-11-15
uses webware as an XML fragment management system
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