-WriteFreely is a beautifully pared-down blogging platform that's simple on the surface, yet powerful underneath.
+WriteFreely is free and open source software for building **a writing space** on the web — whether a publication, internal blog, or writing community in the fediverse.
-It's designed to be flexible and share your writing widely, so it's built around plain text and can publish to the _fediverse_ via ActivityPub. It's easy to install and light enough to run on a Raspberry Pi.
+![](https://writefreely.org/img/screens/pencil-reader.png)
-[Try the editor](https://write.as/new)
+[Try the writing experience](https://write.as/new)
[Find an instance](https://writefreely.org/instances)
## Features
-* Start a blog for yourself, or host a community of writers
-* Form larger federated networks, and interact over modern protocols like ActivityPub
-* Write on a fast, dead-simple, and distraction-free editor
-* [Format text](https://howto.write.as/getting-started) with Markdown
-* [Organize posts](https://howto.write.as/organization) with hashtags
-* Create [static pages](https://howto.write.as/creating-a-static-page)
-* Publish drafts and let others proofread them by sharing a private link
-* Create multiple lightweight blogs under a single account
-* Export all data in plain text files
-* Read a stream of other posts in your writing community
-* Build more advanced apps and extensions with the [well-documented API](https://developers.write.as/docs/api/)
-* Designed around user privacy and consent
+### Made for writing
-## Hosting
+Built on a plain, auto-saving editor, WriteFreely gives you a distraction-free writing environment. Once published, your words are front and center, and easy to read.
-We offer two kinds of hosting services that make WriteFreely deployment painless: [Write.as Pro](https://write.as/pro) for individuals, and [Write.as for Teams](https://write.as/for/teams) for businesses. Besides saving you time and effort, both services directly fund WriteFreely development and ensure the long-term sustainability of our open source work.
+### A connected community
-### [![Write.as Pro](https://writefreely.org/img/writeas-pro-readme.png)](https://write.as/pro)
+Start writing together, publicly or privately. Connect with other communities, whether running WriteFreely, [Plume](https://joinplu.me/), or other ActivityPub-powered software. And bring members on board from your existing platforms, thanks to our OAuth 2.0 support.
-Start a personal blog on [Write.as](https://write.as), our flagship instance. Built to eliminate setup friction and preserve your privacy, Write.as helps you start a blog in seconds. It supports custom domains (with SSL) and multiple blogs / pen names per account. [Read more here](https://write.as/pro).
+### Intuitive organization
-### [![Write.as for Teams](https://writefreely.org/img/writeas-for-teams-readme.png)](https://write.as/for/teams)
+Categorize articles [with hashtags](https://writefreely.org/docs/latest/writer/hashtags), and create static pages from normal posts by [_pinning_ them](https://writefreely.org/docs/latest/writer/static) to your blog. Create draft posts and publish to multiple blogs from one account.
-[Write.as for Teams](https://write.as/for/teams) gives your organization, business, or [open source project](https://write.as/for/open-source) a clutter-free space to share updates or proposals and build your collective knowledge. We take care of hosting, upgrades, backups, and maintenance so your team can focus on writing.
+### International
-## Quick start
+Blog elements are localized in 20+ languages, and WriteFreely includes first-class support for non-Latin and right-to-left (RTL) script languages.
-WriteFreely has minimal requirements to get up and running — you only need to be able to run an executable.
+### Private by default
-> **Note** this is currently alpha software. We're quickly moving out of this v0.x stage, but while we're in it, there are no guarantees that this is ready for production use.
+WriteFreely collects minimal data, and never publicizes more than a writer consents to. Writers can seamlessly create multiple blogs from a single account for different pen names or purposes without publicly revealing their association.
-To get started, head over to our [Getting Started guide](https://writefreely.org/start). For production use, jump to the [Running in Production](https://writefreely.org/start#production) section.
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