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Bloggrify vs Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter)
Bloggrify focuses on converting Markdown to a hosted blog, while this starter is a full Next.js codebase you host yourself.
BloggrifyFrom your Markdown files to a deployed blog in a few minutes
Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter)An open source blogging (digital gardening) template for developers using Next.js app router, MDX, Contentlayer, Tailwind CSS, @shadcn/ui , Lucide Icons, and more.Side by side
- What it is
- Bloggrify:Bloggrify is a static blog generator that turns markdown files into a deployed blog with built-in integrations and free hosting.
- Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter):An open-source Next.js template for developer blogs and digital gardens with MDX, Tailwind, shadcn/ui and built-in analytics.
- Best for
- Bloggrify:Static blogs from markdown
- Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter):Ready-to-deploy dev blog template
- Who it’s for
- Bloggrify:Developers and writers who want a fast, secure, markdown-based blog without server-side code.
- Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter):Developers who want a ready-made personal blog or digital garden site.
- Pricing
- Bloggrify:Open source
- Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter):Open source
- Open source
- Bloggrify:Yes, 168 GitHub stars
- Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter):Yes, 330 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Bloggrify:Google Analytics, Plausible, Hakanai, MailerLite, Hakanai Connect, Hyvor Talk, Bunny.net, Vercel
- Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter):Next.js, MDX, Tailwind CSS, @shadcn/ui, Lucide Icons
- DevHunt upvotes
- Bloggrify:47
- Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter):15
- Launched on DevHunt
- Bloggrify:Mar 2024
- Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter):Jan 2023
Bloggrify features
- Built-in integrations. Pre-configured analytics, newsletters, comments and search without extra setup.
- SEO & discoverability. Automatic open-graph, Twitter cards, sitemap, RSS feed and metadata generation.
- Markdown with components. Write articles in markdown with support for graphs, math and custom components.
- CLI management. Create posts, manage drafts, validate content and view stats directly from the terminal.
- Theme support. Choose from multiple themes or build your own for a custom design.
- Free static hosting. Deploy to Bunny.net, Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare-Pages or GitHub Pages at no cost.
Modern Developer Blog Template (Digital Garden Starter) features
- Next.js App Router. Provides file-based routing and server-side rendering out of the box.
- MDX Content. Write posts in Markdown with embedded React components.
- Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui. Modern, customizable UI components styled with Tailwind.
- Analytics & Newsletter. Built-in tracking and email subscription integration.
- Contentlayer Integration. Handles content sourcing and transformation for fast builds.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.