Mataroa
Mataroa is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Blogging Platforms category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to Medium. It has 372 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 372
- Forks
- 29
- Open issues
- 28
- Commits, last 12 months
- 238
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.5Jan 3, 2026
- Created
- May 27, 2020
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 238 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 238 |
| Latest release | v1.5 (Jan 3, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 |
| Releases, all time | 6 |
| Open issues | 28 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | May 27, 2020 |
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About Mataroa
Naked blogging platform for minimalists.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/mataroablog/mataroa.
Topics
- django
- platform
- minimal
- markdown
- blogging
- export
- naked
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Is Mataroa free and open source?
Yes. Mataroa is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Mataroa with Docker?
Mataroa does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Mataroa?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Mataroa include Ghost, WriteFreely and Ech0. Mataroa itself is a self-hosted alternative to Medium.
Is Mataroa actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Mataroa was on Oct 25, 2026 with 238 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.5, published Jan 3, 2026. It had 28 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.