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You're right, though it definitely fits into the ethos of don't overcomplicate things. https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/

comment by bdcravens · 2025-10-01 · in I only use Google Sheets

…law is the biggest weapon one has against open source rugpulls and one should not give it away. [1] https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/blob/master/CONTR... [2] https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/graphs/contributo...

comment by 4ad · 2025-09-02 · in Bear is now source-available

https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/graphs/contributo... paints a different story. Looks more like bus factor 1 + hopium.

comment by account42 · 2025-09-02 · in Bear is now source-available

…use of the software for seeing up a multi-user blogging system as a paid service This is incorrect. https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/blob/master/LICEN... > You may not provide the Software as a hosted or managed service that…

comment by happymellon · 2025-09-02 · in Bear is now source-available

…no stylesheets, no trackers. Just your words." But when you look at the github repo here: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog It says the repo is 40% CSS and 31% Javascript? Am I misinterpreting what this means in this context?

comment by kamranjon · 2025-09-02 · in Bear is now source-available

The updated license in the BearBlog repo ( https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/blob/master/LICEN... ) doesn't seem to match the Elastic License very well ( https://www.elastic.co/licensing/elastic-license ). Have I missed a…

comment by NiloCK · 2025-09-02 · in Bear is now source-available

…(or your company’s own) needs? If so, doesn’t that defeat the whole reason why it’s MIT licensed. https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/blob/master/LICEN...

comment by alberth · 2025-09-01 · in Bear is now source-available

This is a confusing claim. Are you saying the chosen license (< https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/blob/998e87263248... >) makes the software free to use to offer (e.g. gratis) "hosted or managed service[s]" so long as one does not…

comment by cxr · 2025-09-01 · in Bear is now source-available

…it in the case of Bearblog though, including some pretty wild accusations. And lets be real here: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/graphs/contributo... Looking at the details of that, the only two (small) substantial code changes…

comment by arp242 · 2025-09-01 · in Bear is now source-available

> It feels mostly in the spirit of FOSS to me From the license at < https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/blob/998e87263248... >: " You may not provide the Software as a hosted or managed service that offers users access to…

comment by cxr · 2025-09-01 · in Bear is now source-available

…any licensing, copyright, or other notices in the Software," I believe it's closer to GPL now? [0]: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/commit/89c3f346ef...

comment by mzajc · 2025-09-01 · in Bear is now source-available

…of course uses a few other dependencies[0], and without them the project wouldn't even exist... 0. https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/blob/master/requi...

comment by edu · 2025-09-01 · in Bear is now source-available

Seems to be self-hostable: here is the code, it is even MIT licensed: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/

comment by eitland · 2024-08-16 · in WriteFreely: An open source platform for building a writing space on the web

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GitHub – HermanMartinus/bearblog: Free, no-nonsense, super fast blogging

story by gorenb · 2023-09-17 · 0 comments

…but it appears to have some interesting traffic on it at present. Worth holding on to perhaps? https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/

comment by smaudet · 2022-11-21 · in We are sorry to inform you that you are in a cult

…I thought it was a Bear.app feature but it's actually a separate free, open-source blog service: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/

comment by personjerry · 2022-10-09 · in Ask HN: Is Substack the new Medium?

…tell PolarBearBlog has no affiliation with BearBlog, but it did get a mention in BearBlog's README: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/blob/master/READM... [1]: https://b.yuxuan.org/my-fork-of-polarbearblog

comment by fishywang · 2022-07-18 · in Bear Blog – A privacy-first, fast blogging platform

It seems to have user customized stylesheets: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/issues/152

comment by tyingq · 2022-07-17 · in Bear Blog – A privacy-first, fast blogging platform

Maybe not directly, but if you like the style, you have some options: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/#can-bear-blog-be...

comment by Stampo00 · 2022-07-17 · in Bear Blog – A privacy-first, fast blogging platform

…domain option is there, but is not simple. I have a bear blog on a custom domain :) More info here: https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/wiki/Custom-domai... . Btw I believe the dev is working on improving this right now.

comment by fumplethumb · 2022-05-30 · in Ask HN: What's your favorite flat file blog?

Looks like the code is here for anybody interested. https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog Also down for me currently.. interested to know which resource was exhausted :)

comment by bradleyg_ · 2020-09-23 · in Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno

https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog/issues/2

comment by millette · 2020-05-26 · in Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

…HTML pages or using a static site generator. You can check out the source code on github though https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog

comment by notadog · 2020-05-26 · in Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

…HTML pages or using a static site generator. You can check out the source code on github though https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog

comment by HermanMartinus · 2020-05-26 · in Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform