# Handwritten Blogging Platform

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Handwritten Blogging Platform and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a unique, beautiful blog that keeps the handwriting feel. Critics say long-form reading feels less intuitive, and text selection while reading is unsupported.

## Why people recommend it

- Lovely, unique, beautiful concept (2 comments): "This is lovely. I have a growing "long reads" bookmarks folder, and this feels like exactly the kind of site I'd keep adding to it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49165518)) "This has got to be one of the most interesting, unique, and beautiful ideas I have seen on the internet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49187827))
- Preserves the handwriting aspect (2 comments): "it's good to see a product that reminds us of the way it was before computers and AI got involved" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49170592)) "This one gets it right, preserving the handwriting aspect." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49151175))

## What people warn about

- Hard to read long-form text (2 comments): "my issue is usually i read while selecting so my eyes follow which unfortunately the website won't support" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49151181)) "reading long form content from something like this, personally I feel this to be not so intuitive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49151477))

## 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

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://handwritten.blog/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Handwritten Blogging Platform", https://hackerapproved.com/p/handwritten-blogging-platform/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).