Tumblr-style microblog for one author, with notes, links, quotes, threads and two-way sync to a Hugo repo on GitHub
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Self-hosted alternatives to Bear Blog
Bear Blog is a minimal blogging platform that serves very small pages with no trackers, scripts or ads. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.
Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Bear Blog describes on its own site.
Bear Blog features, app by app
| Feature | Jant |
|---|---|
| Markdown blogging with a simple editor | Yes |
| Blog pages with no trackers, ads or JavaScript | Partly |
| Very small optimized pages | Partly |
| Custom domain support | Yes |
| Free themes with custom CSS | Yes |
| RSS and Atom feeds | Yes |
| Email newsletters that collect and email subscribers | No |
| Comments, guestbook and analytics | Partly |
Tumblr-style microblog for one author, with notes, links, quotes, threads and two-way sync to a Hugo repo on GitHub
- What a Bear Blog user would miss
- It has no email newsletters and no built-in comments or analytics, and its pages load JavaScript.
- What it adds
- One Worker with D1 and R2, GitHub Sync of every edit as Markdown that builds as a Hugo site, plus an API and MCP server.
- Yes Markdown blogging with a simple editor. A Markdown editor on the homepage with slash commands, drafts and keyboard shortcuts.
- Partly Blog pages with no trackers, ads or JavaScript. No ads and no built-in analytics; the front end ships JavaScript (Datastar)
- Partly Very small optimized pages. Server-rendered pages on a Worker; no page size target stated.
- Yes Custom domain support. Custom domains on Workers, Docker and hosted Jant.
- Yes Free themes with custom CSS. Built-in color and font themes and custom CSS.
- Yes RSS and Atom feeds. An Atom feed for every list page, and an RSS feed setting.
- No Email newsletters that collect and email subscribers. No email subscription feature found.
- Partly Comments, guestbook and analytics. No built-in comments or analytics; third-party comment and analytics scripts can be added through code injection.