Writefreely Federated Markdown Publishing Platform

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name: "WriteFreely Federated Markdown Publishing Platform with ActivityPub"
slug: "writefreely-federated-markdown-publishing-platform"
description: "WriteFreely is a clean, minimalist self-hosted publishing platform built in Go for writers. It features a distraction-free Markdown editor, ActivityPub federation for cross-platform community building, multi-blog support from a single account, and OAuth 2.0 integration for onboarding users from existing platforms."
github_stars: 5117
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely"
category: "Content Writing & SEO"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "writefreely/writefreely"
  github_stars: 5117
---

# WriteFreely Federated Markdown Publishing Platform with ActivityPub

WriteFreely is a clean, minimalist self-hosted publishing platform built in Go for writers. It features a distraction-free Markdown editor, ActivityPub federation for cross-platform community building, multi-blog support from a single account, and OAuth 2.0 integration for onboarding users from existing platforms.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docker-%230db7ed.svg?logo=docker&logoColor=white" />
- <a href="https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/actions/workflows/docker-publish.yml">
- <img src="https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/actions/workflows/docker-publish.yml/badge.svg" alt="Build container image, publish as GitHub-package" />

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- WriteFreely deploys as a static binary on any platform and architecture that Go supports. Just use our built-in SQLite support, or add a MySQL database, and you'll be up and running!
- For common platforms, start with our [pre-built binaries](https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely/releases/) and head over to our [installation guide](https://writefreely.org/start) to get started.
- ### Packages

- Source: https://github.com/writefreely/writefreely
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/writefreely/writefreely/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/writefreely-federated-markdown-publishing-platform/)