A nicer way to blog.

Create beautiful, fast blogs without hosting, plugins, updates, or technical maintenance. Just choose an address and start writing.

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# A nicer way to blog Most blogging platforms hand you a control panel before they hand you a blank page. **Blognice starts with the page.**
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A nicer way to blog

Most blogging platforms hand you a control panel before they hand you a blank page.

Blognice starts with the page.

“Blogging software became complicated. Blognice makes it simple again.”
Made for writing, not configuring

A calm place to write, and a fast place to be read

Create an account, choose a blognice address, and begin. There are no hosting plans, themes, or control panels to assemble.

  • A focused Markdown editorWrite in plain Markdown, and switch to Preview any time to see exactly how the finished post will look.
  • Images without the fussDrag, paste, or select a photo. It's resized and compressed to WebP automatically before it's inserted into your post.
  • Fast pages without performance tuningPosts render on the server and are delivered from Cloudflare's edge network — quick for readers, with nothing for you to tune.
  • Drafts, until you're readyKeep a post as a draft for as long as you like. Publishing is a single, deliberate step.
Add imageBoldLinkHeading
drag, paste, or select an image
A little help from AI

Give every post a strong visual and a voice

Turn an idea into an editorial image, then let readers listen when they prefer. Both are optional, and both stay under your control.

A writer working beside a laptop in a warm study A ceramicist shaping a bowl in a studio A night train crossing a city bridge in the rain An open notebook arranged with maps and travel objects Editorial photograph · writing

From a post to something readers can see and hear.

Describe the visual you want, or let blognice take its cue from the post. Narration is generated in the same editor and appears as a simple listen button on the published page.

Hear a sample Click to play. Nothing starts automatically.
How it works

From a new account to a blog on your own domain

01

Create your account

Choose a blog address, a title, and a password. You land straight in the editor, ready to write your first post.

02

Write, preview, publish

Draft in Markdown, check the Preview tab, then publish. The page renders on the server and is ready to read right away.

03

Connect your domain

When you're ready, add a domain you own from your dashboard. It shows you exactly which DNS records to add.

Up to five independent blogs

One calm login, several distinct publications

Manage a personal journal, a company blog, a technical notebook, or a project publication from the same account. Each one keeps its own title, tagline, address, and optional custom domain.

Personal journalyourname.blognice.com
Company blogconnected to your own domain
Project notebookanotherproject.blognice.com
What's included

Everything a blog needs, none of the plumbing

Multiple blogsUp to five separate blogs under one account, each managed on its own.
Unlimited postsWrite as much as you want — posts and image hosting are unlimited.
Markdown editorA focused Write and Preview editor, with drafts kept separate from published posts.
Your own domainStart on a blognice address, then connect a domain you own whenever you're ready.
Image handlingDrag, paste, or select images — resized and compressed to WebP automatically.
Reading experienceFast, responsive, server-rendered pages with light and dark modes.
Author detailsProfile image, reading time, title, and tagline shown on every post.
Search foundationsBuilt-in sitemap.xml, robots.txt, page metadata, and clean post URLs.
SubscribersCollect reader emails, export the list as CSV, and send new-post notifications.
API accessAn account-scoped API key for readers who want to publish from a script.
No maintenanceNo plugins, software updates, or technical upkeep — ever.
Open sourceReleased under the GNU AGPL v3, source available to read and audit.
Blognice vs WordPress

Simple publishing, versus general-purpose website management

Choose WordPress when you need

  • An online shop with a large product catalogue
  • A page builder with complex, custom layouts
  • Membership or community features
  • Extensive third-party integrations
  • A website that does far more than publish articles

Choose Blognice when you want

  • A calm, focused place to write and publish
  • A simple Markdown editor, not a page builder
  • Fast pages without performance tuning
  • Up to five blogs under one simple account
  • No plugins, updates, or hosting to manage

WordPress gives you everything you might possibly need.
Blognice gives you what you need to publish.

A real example

See it in use

A blogger writing at a laptop
Published on Blognice

blognice vs WordPress: A Simpler Way to Start a Blog

A real post, written and published on the platform, comparing blognice to WordPress for writers who just want to publish.

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Read the post

What could you publish?

A personal journal A company blog A technical notebook A travel log A project publication
Pricing

Five blogs. One simple price.

Your first blog is free to try. Upgrade whenever you're ready for up to five.

Founding member pricingJoin Blognice while we're still building and help shape what comes next. $36/year or $5/month. Founding members keep their selected price for as long as that subscription remains continuously active. We plan to close founding pricing after the first 1,000 paying members. Planned standard pricing: $119/year or $12.99/month.

Founding member price
$36 / year

Planned standard price: $119/year

Keep $36/year for as long as your subscription remains continuously active.

We plan to close founding pricing after the first 1,000 paying members.

Equivalent to $3/month, billed annually

Up to five blogs, unlimited posts and image hosting, blognice subdomains, and custom-domain support.
Lock in founding price
Monthly
$5 / month

Founding member price · cancel any time

The same five blogs, unlimited posts and image hosting, blognice subdomains, and custom-domain support.
Try your first blog free

Up to five blogs for less than the price of hosting one.

Open source, under the GNU AGPL v3

blognice is free software. The source is available to read, audit, and self-host if you'd rather run it yourself — see github.com/pragmaticonline/blognice.

Your ideas deserve somewhere nice to live.

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