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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026906 stories
Statichost.eu – European static site hosting↗ statichost.eu · HN · 246 comments · 506 points · Sep 04, 2026
Substack writers, you need a website↗ elizabethtai.com · HN · 353 comments · 646 points · Jul 28, 2026
Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs↗ text.blogosphere.app · HN · 195 comments · 783 points · Apr 03, 2026
EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 504 comments · 703 points · Apr 01, 2026
Jeffgeerling.com has been migrated to Hugo↗ jeffgeerling.com · HN · 244 comments · 250 points · Jan 04, 2026
20251,103 stories
Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own↗ ssp.sh · HN · 241 comments · 499 points · Jun 07, 2025
Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative↗ coolify.io · HN · 180 comments · 382 points · Apr 02, 2025
The Frontend Treadmill↗ polotek.net · HN · 681 comments · 756 points · Mar 20, 2025
Forgejo: A self-hosted lightweight software forge↗ forgejo.org · HN · 269 comments · 391 points · Jan 19, 2025
WordPress Is in Trouble↗ anderegg.ca · HN · 434 comments · 631 points · Jan 13, 2025
20241,237 stories
WordPress.org bans WP Engine↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 486 comments · 567 points · Sep 26, 2024
13ft – A site similar to 12ft.io but self-hosted↗ github.com · HN · 263 comments · 618 points · Aug 19, 2024
FastHTML – Modern web applications in pure Python↗ fastht.ml · HN · 210 comments · 867 points · Jul 29, 2024
Monolith – CLI tool for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file↗ github.com · HN · 151 comments · 772 points · Mar 24, 2024
Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps↗ observablehq.com · HN · 153 comments · 655 points · Feb 15, 2024
2023970 stories
Simple Made Easy (2011) [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 40 comments · 186 points · Dec 26, 2023
Fastest self-hostable open-source workflow engine↗ windmill.dev · HN · 11 comments · 49 points · Nov 22, 2023
Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG↗ primocms.org · HN · 11 comments · 41 points · Jul 21, 2023
A SvelteKit template for building CMS-free editable websites↗ editable.website · HN · 12 comments · 56 points · Apr 05, 2023
Netlify Acquires Gatsby↗ netlify.com · HN · 43 comments · 104 points · Feb 01, 2023
20221,041 stories
Remix web framework aquired by Shopify↗ remix.run · HN · 205 comments · 558 points · Oct 31, 2022
Prose.sh – A blog platform for hackers↗ prose.sh · HN · 148 comments · 453 points · Jul 17, 2022
Fresh – Next-gen web framework↗ fresh.deno.dev · HN · 430 comments · 791 points · Jun 13, 2022
Mataroa blog – Naked blogging platform for minimalists↗ mataroa.blog · HN · 153 comments · 532 points · Apr 03, 2022
Start Self Hosting↗ rohanrd.xyz · HN · 608 comments · 1049 points · Mar 23, 2022
20211,014 stories
No More Medium – Build Your Own Site (2019)↗ nomedium.dev · HN · 242 comments · 694 points · Sep 11, 2021
Show HN: Mmm.page – Drag and drop personal website creator↗ build.mmm.page · HN · 150 comments · 591 points · May 12, 2021
Hosting SQLite databases on GitHub Pages or any static file hoster↗ phiresky.github.io · HN · 244 comments · 1812 points · May 02, 2021
Baserow.io – Self-hosted Airtable alternative↗ baserow.io · HN · 225 comments · 802 points · Mar 13, 2021
Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional profiles↗ read.cv · HN · 357 comments · 938 points · Jan 04, 2021
20201,490 stories
Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator↗ primo.af · HN · 208 comments · 575 points · Jul 13, 2020
Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform↗ bearblog.dev · HN · 349 comments · 685 points · May 26, 2020
My blog is now generated by Google Docs↗ benwiser.com · HN · 156 comments · 398 points · May 10, 2020
A look at modern PHP↗ lwn.net · HN · 596 comments · 442 points · May 05, 2020
Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework↗ fortran.io · HN · 246 comments · 422 points · Jan 22, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Statichost.eu – European static site hosting↗ statichost.eu · HN · 246 comments · 506 points · Sep 04, 2026
EmDash 1.0: the stable CMS with a secure plugin registry↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 2 comments · 14 points · Sep 28, 2026
Substack writers, you need a website↗ elizabethtai.com · HN · 353 comments · 646 points · Jul 28, 2026
My HTML Boilerplate↗ vale.rocks · HN · 0 comments · 24 points · Sep 11, 2026
Show HN: Jinx – a link shortener you host free on GitHub Pages↗ jinx.fyi · HN · 4 comments · 9 points · Sep 18, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Statichost.eu – European static site hosting↗ statichost.eu · HN · 246 comments · 506 points · Sep 04, 2026
My HTML Boilerplate↗ vale.rocks · HN · 0 comments · 24 points · Sep 11, 2026
EmDash 1.0: the stable CMS with a secure plugin registry↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 2 comments · 14 points · Sep 28, 2026
Show HN: Minilith – A zero-dependency CMS stored inside a PNG file↗ blog.minilith.site · HN · 5 comments · 13 points · Sep 05, 2026
Show HN: PhpEZ – A tiny PHP framework for shared LAMP hosting↗ github.com · HN · 2 comments · 11 points · Aug 29, 2026
Show HN: Jinx – a link shortener you host free on GitHub Pages↗ jinx.fyi · HN · 4 comments · 9 points · Sep 18, 2026
Show HN: Caveat, a self-hosted publishing and newsletter tool↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 08, 2026
Hwaro – A Lightweight and Fast Static Site Generator Written in Crystal↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 06, 2026
Show HN: Self-hosted mobile-friendly web UI for Herdr agents↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Aug 30, 2026
Show HN: Jackalope.dev↗ jackalope.dev · HN · 1 comments · 5 points · Sep 08, 2026

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