Mataroa
Naked blogging platform for minimalists.
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Still maintained? Yes: 75 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.5 (Jan 2026).
Also an alternative to WordPress.com.
At a glance
Mataroa quick facts
- Health score
- 75/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 375
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.5, Jan 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Mataroa
Full rankings: WordPress.com alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Mataroa scores 75/100, #6 of 15 in Blogging Platforms: 75 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.5, 10 months ago) earns 19.4 of 25, 375 stars add 10.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
75 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 19.4 / 25
v1.5 released 10 months ago
- Stars 10.3 / 20
375 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 75
- Last 90 days
- 199
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 15 tools in Blogging Platforms by health , between FlatPress (#5) and Chyrp Lite (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python |
| Latest release | v1.5 · 10 months ago |
| Stars | 375 |
| Open issues | 29 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | mataroablog/mataroa ↗ |
Mataroa vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Mataroa (Blogging Platforms), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost | 89 | 56k | MIT | today |
| WriteFreely | 85 | 5.3k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| FlatPress | 77 | 218 | GPL-2.0 | 2 days ago |
| Mataroa (this tool) | 75 | 375 | MIT | today |
| HTMLy | 39 | 1.4k | GPL-2.0 | 9 months ago |
| Haven | 30 | 812 | MIT | 26 days ago |
Mataroa: common questions
What does Mataroa replace?
Repoly lists Mataroa as an open-source alternative to WordPress.com. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Mataroa stands against the others.
Is Mataroa still maintained?
Mataroa had 75 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.5, is from 10 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.