Antville

Open-source blog hosting software for thousands of blogs

About Antville

Antville is a free, open-source blog hosting system that can run anything from a single weblog to a community site hosting tens of thousands of blogs. Written in server-side JavaScript on the Helma Object Publisher with a relational database backend, it offers multi-author publishing, themes, and easy administration. It suits communities, schools, and independent publishers who want self-hosted, scalable blogging without commercial platform lock-in.

Antville website preview

Live preview of antville.org via the WordPress mShots service — it can take a few seconds to generate on a first visit.

Antville: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Completely free to use — this directory lists no paid plan for it.
Covers blogging, self hosted, open source, publishing — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

Free tools can change their model or shut down — avoid locking critical work into it without an export path.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 2092 tools in the Productivity & Notes category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

Antville pricing

Pricing model	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Free access	Yes — fully free
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	antville.org

Antville key facts

Category: Productivity & Notes
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: blogging, self hosted, open source, publishing
Official site: antville.org

Antville FAQ

How much does Antville cost?

Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (antville.org).

What is Antville used for?

Open-source blog hosting software for thousands of blogs Its focus areas in the Productivity & Notes category: blogging, self hosted, open source, publishing.

Where can I try Antville?

On its official site, antville.org — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

Antville vs alternatives

	Antville	Admidio	AdventureLog	Alian Hub
Pricing	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas	blogging, self hosted, open source, publishing	membership, self hosted, open source, clubs	travel, trip planner, self hosted, open source	project management, open source, self hosted, time tracking
Official site	antville.org	admidio.org	adventurelog.app	alianhub.com
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Productivity & Notes category

Notes, tasks, and project tools that keep you organized and focused. The Productivity & Notes category on Tools Hub currently lists 2092 tools. Alongside Antville, it includes FoodCoopShop, SeedDMS, Tiny Tiny RSS, YAFFA.

FreeProductivity & Notesbloggingself-hostedopen-sourcepublishing

Alternatives to Antville

Tools in the same Productivity & Notes category that share focus areas with Antville — worth comparing before you commit:

Productivity & Notes

Admidio

Free membership management for organizations, clubs, and associations

Freemembershipself-hostedopen-sourceclubs

Productivity & Notes

AdventureLog

Travel log, trip planner, and world map in one app

Freetraveltrip-plannerself-hostedopen-source

Productivity & Notes

Alian Hub

Open-source project management - free forever, on your server, run by AI agents

Freeproject-managementopen-sourceself-hostedtime-tracking

Productivity & Notes

AmuseWiki

A library-oriented wiki engine and publishing platform, 100% free software.

Freewikipublishingbooksopen-source

Productivity & Notes

An Otter Wiki

A minimalistic wiki powered by Python, Markdown and Git

Freewikimarkdownopen-sourceself-hosted

Productivity & Notes

AppFlowy

Open-source workspace you can self-host

Freenotesopen-sourceself-hostedworkspace

More in Productivity & Notes

Comparing tools in the Productivity & Notes category? These related listings are worth a look: FoodCoopShop — User-friendly open-source software for food cooperatives; SeedDMS — Open-source document management with workflows and full-text search; Tiny Tiny RSS — Free, open-source web-based news feed reader and aggregator.