# Bear Blog 18 Hacker News commenters recommended Bear Blog and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Simple, fast, text-first blogging with a discovery page that gives new blogs exposure, and a free tier with paid extras. Critics mainly flag the date format. ## Why people recommend it - Discovery page brings readers (4 comments): "They're still out there... See https://bearblog.dev/discover/" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45925664)) "One thing I adore about Bear is their discover page" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46963359)) "the discovery list that Bear Blog does well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48592026)) - Simple, quick to start (2 comments): "It's got just the features you need, is built by a solo dev, and it's got a very fair split between free and paid features." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46011034)) "just text, very simple and quick to get started." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46014812)) - Inspired other bloggers (2 comments): "bearblog was a huge inspiration for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46963726)) "Definitely a huge inspiration!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46963678)) ## What people warn about - Date format with comma (2 comments): "it's so grating to see the "D M, Y" date format with the comma" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635367)) "He needs to fix the "dd mm, yyyy" date format." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46011942)) ## 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 - [TextLog](https://hackerapproved.com/p/textlog.md): 16 recommend - [Medium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/medium.md): 11 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://bearblog.dev/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Bear Blog", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bear-blog/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).