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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.

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[โ€“] oeuf@slrpnk.net 4 points 15 hours ago

GoToSocial supports RSS and is extremely lightweight. Posts and account also federate, and you can use Mastodon client apps on desktop and mobile to write posts (no web UI). Might be worth a look ๐Ÿ‘