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Pagecord vs Hyvor Blogs
Pagecord has 190 GitHub stars, 15 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Hyvor Blogs has 16 stars, 4 forks, 90 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Pagecord leads on adoption by 1,088% (190 vs 16 stars). Pagecord is written in Ruby under a custom or non-standard licence; Hyvor Blogs is written in PHP under AGPL-3.0. Pagecord has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Hyvor Blogs 25%. Pagecord was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (blogging), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Pagecord | Hyvor Blogs | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 190 | ★ 16 |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Ruby | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 15 | ⑂ 4 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Pagecord if
- You weight community size — 190 stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Hyvor Blogs if
- You want the Hyvor Blogs feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Hyvor Blogs fits your workflow better
About Pagecord
Pagecord is a personal website and blogging platform built on Ruby on Rails that is aimed at people who want to run their own blog, either through the hosted service at pagecord.com or from their own machine, and who would rather write than fight a publishing pipeline.
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About Hyvor Blogs
Hyvor Blogs is an open source, self hosted blogging platform maintained by HYVOR and written primarily in PHP under the AGPL 3.0 license. It is built for speed and simplicity while remaining flexible enough to support anything from a straightforward personal blog to more complex publishing workflows. The project ships as a full application rather than a library: a console and editor frontend built with SvelteKit and the Hyvor Design System, an API backend built on PHP and Symfony, and PostgreSQL serving both as the database and as the queue backend. It lives in the PHP and Symfony ecosystem, with a SvelteKit fron…
read the full Hyvor Blogs overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pagecord or Hyvor Blogs more popular?
Pagecord has 190 GitHub stars and Hyvor Blogs has 16. Pagecord has the larger community by that measure.
Are Pagecord and Hyvor Blogs free?
Both are open source. Pagecord has no licence declared in this registry, and Hyvor Blogs is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Pagecord and Hyvor Blogs?
Pagecord is written in Ruby and Hyvor Blogs in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Pagecord or Hyvor Blogs?
Choose Pagecord if you want the larger community (190 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Hyvor Blogs if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.