My blog is currently running on Ghost 1.0 I’m blogging for almost 20 years, started with blogger.com I think, eventually migrated to self-hosted Ghost when it was pretty new and lightweight. I can host anything that runs on Linux, I can even use Docker.

I don’t want to migrate to the latest Ghost version because it feels very enterprisey now, needs a lot of resources on the server and uses a complex data format instead of Markdown. I don’t need monetization either.

My requirements are:

  • possible to migrate ~30-40 Markdown posts + embedded images from Ghost 1.0
  • future proof, i.e. simple data format so I don’t get locked in
  • low RAM/CPU usage
  • easy maintenance, creating posts, backups, etc
  • RSS support

I’ll be very grateful for any suggestions.

  • simon574@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I didn’t know about 11ty, thanks for the suggestion! I’ve been using Hugo before, but not for blogging. Maybe a static site generator is the way to go after all.

    • johntash@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      Check out Zola too.

      I dont remember why now, but it was at the top of my list when researching ssgs a while back for rewriting my site.

      • simon574@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        Thanks! I’ve already checked it out, and it looks promising. From what I’ve seen so far it’s similar to Hugo but written in Rust instead of Go.