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Antville

A free, open source platform for hosting collaborative weblogs and online communities.

About Antville

Antville is a server-side application that lets you run multiple weblogs from a single installation. It was originally developed in 2001 by a group of Austrian developers and has been maintained as an open source project ever since. The software focuses on collaborative blogging, where multiple authors can contribute to the same site with fine-grained access controls.

Built on Helma, a JavaScript-based web application framework, Antville runs on the Java Virtual Machine. It supports MySQL or PostgreSQL for data storage and includes features like file uploads, comment management, RSS feeds, and customizable templates. The project is hosted on GitHub and continues to receive updates from a small community of contributors.

Antville is best suited for developers or organizations that want to self-host a multi-blog platform without relying on a commercial service. It is released under the Apache License 2.0, making it free to use, modify, and distribute. While not as actively developed as some modern alternatives, it remains a stable choice for lightweight community publishing.
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Quick Facts

Pricing
Free
License
Open Source
Platform
Linux
Developer
Antville Project