Hosting

Hyvor Blogs is a fast and simple blogging platform that can be self-hosted on your own servers. This page will introduce you to the self-hosting process. To get started right away, see the Deploy page.

Self-hosting is first-class

Hyvor Blogs is designed to be self-hosted by developers and organizations.

  • Minimal dependencies: only Docker, PostgreSQL, and an OIDC provider.
  • Open-source: AGPLv3 codebase available on Github.
  • Multi-tenant: Run multiple blogs on a single instance.
  • Single sign-on: OIDC-based authentication by default

Self-hosting vs. Cloud

Self-hosting
Cloud
Your own servers. Data never leaves your infrastructure
Hosted on HYVOR's servers
Requires Docker, PostgreSQL, and an OIDC provider
No setup, start blogging immediately
You manage updates and maintenance
Automatic updates managed by HYVOR
Pay for your own infrastructure costs
Subscription-based pricing
Community support (paid support plans available)
Dedicated support from HYVOR

Hyvor Blogs vs other blogging platforms

A few comparisons with other blogging platforms:

  • Hyvor Blogs focuses entirely on blogging and is lighter than a general-purpose CMS like WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla. Hyvor Blogs is not extensible with plugins, but bundles the tools you need for a blog out of the box
  • Hyvor Blogs is comparable to Ghost. Hyvor Blogs does not come with in-built membership and newsletter features, but allows you to integrate with third-party services and focuses on building statically served blogs that are fast and SEO-friendly. Hyvor Blogs provides better team collaboration, approval workflows, multi-language support, etc.
  • Hyvor Blogs gives you more control over your data and infrastructure than Medium or Substack, which are closed platforms. With Hyvor Blogs, you own your data and can host it on your own servers. Hyvor Blogs maybe more suitable for a primary blog, while Medium and Substack can be used as secondary platforms to reach a wider audience.
  • Hyvor Blogs is not a text-based blog engine like Hugo or Jekyll. It focuses on rich-editor based content writing with a simple and intuitive interface.
  • Hyvor Blogs provides headless CMS features (e.g. Data API), but has a narrow focus on blogging than Strapi, Payload CMS, and other general-purpose headless CMS platforms.

License & Pricing

We offer three licensing options for self-hosting Hyvor Blogs:

  • Open-Source:
    • Free, AGPLv3 license
    • Community support
    • Basic features, including rich editor, media, tags, authors, and more.
    • Team collaboration
    • Multi-language support
    • Custom themes support
    • In-built SEO features
    • Custom domain and TLS support
    • Console API, Data API, Delivery API, and Webhooks
    • AI agent and translations
    • Broken link detection
  • Enterprise Unicorn (soon):
    • €5/user/month (billed annually), minimum 10 users
    • Everything in Open-Source, plus:
    • Email support from HYVOR
    • Audit logs
    • Custom roles and permissions
    • Custom approval workflows
  • Enterprise Apex (soon):
    • Contact us for pricing
    • Everything in Enterprise Unicorn, plus:
    • Priority support with SLA
    • Invoicing

Support

See the Deploy page for step-by-step instructions.

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