Self-hosted alternatives to Blogger

Blogger is Google's blog hosting service for creating and publishing blogs. Two listed apps do its main job and run in your own Cloudflare account.

Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Blogger describes on its own site.

Blogger features, app by app

Feature	Jant	EmDash
Blog hosting with templates and flexible layouts	Yes	Yes
Blogspot.com address or custom domain	Yes	Yes
Google AdSense ads to earn income	No	No
Built-in analytics, with Google Analytics connection	Partly	No
Storage of posts and photos	Yes	Yes
Blogger API for developers	Yes	Yes

Tumblr-style microblog for one author, with notes, links, quotes, threads and two-way sync to a Hugo repo on GitHub

What a Blogger user would miss: It has no ad integration and no built-in analytics.
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 Blog hosting with templates and flexible layouts. A blog with built-in color and font themes, custom CSS and an archive page.
Yes Blogspot.com address or custom domain. Custom domains on Workers, Docker and hosted Jant.
No Google AdSense ads to earn income. No ad integration found.
Partly Built-in analytics, with Google Analytics connection. No built-in analytics; analytics scripts can be added through code injection.
Yes Storage of posts and photos. Posts in D1 and media in R2 in your own Cloudflare account.
Yes Blogger API for developers. An HTTP API with tokens, a CLI and an MCP server.

Open-source Astro CMS from Cloudflare for blogs and marketing sites, with a WordPress-style admin and sandboxed plugins

What a Blogger user would miss: It has no ad integration and no built-in analytics, and it needs a developer-style setup.
What it adds: Sandboxed plugins, an MCP server and a WordPress importer.

Yes Blog hosting with templates and flexible layouts. A Blog template with categories, tags, search, RSS and dark and light mode, plus Marketing and Portfolio templates.
Yes Blogspot.com address or custom domain. Runs on your own Cloudflare account and domain.
No Google AdSense ads to earn income. No ad integration found.
No Built-in analytics, with Google Analytics connection. No built-in analytics found.
Yes Storage of posts and photos. Content in D1 and media in R2 in your own account.
Yes Blogger API for developers. A REST API, a CLI and an MCP server.