# Bashblog

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Bashblog and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A single bash script that creates a blog, with no dependencies and a default template people like. Critics say bash is awkward and error prone, and that it is limited.

## Why people recommend it

- Clever, interesting approach to blogging (2 comments): "bash script for blogs is a clever idea but writing in terminal might not be" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48707653)) "I like it .. its an interesting take" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710157))
- Lean code with no dependencies (2 comments): "If all 1200 lines of code are utilised than that's pretty efficient." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708522)) "It also has no other dependency, which is also good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48705905))

## What people warn about

- Bash is awkward and error prone (2 comments): "The problem is 1200 lines of Bash . The difference is that Bash is incredibly awkward and error prone compared to almost every other language out there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708744)) "I abhor it for things like this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48707038))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Substack](https://hackerapproved.com/p/substack.md): 87 recommend
- [Leaflet (leaflet.pub)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leaflet.md): 22 recommend
- [Ghost CMS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ghost.md): 21 recommend
- [Bear Blog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bear-blog.md): 18 recommend
- [TextLog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/textlog.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Bashblog", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bashblog/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).