# davidmerfield/blot

Turns a folder into a website

Repository: https://github.com/davidmerfield/blot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blot
Homepage: https://blot.im
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-16T08:23:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3870, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1979, forks 97 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.583105+00:00)

## What it is
Blot is an open-source publishing platform that turns a folder of files into a website, powering the hosted service blot.im. It supports Markdown, Word documents, images, and other formats synced via Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, or Git, with no publishing interface beyond drag-and-drop.

## Use cases
- turn a folder of markdown files into a blog
- publish a website by syncing a dropbox folder
- create a photo gallery or portfolio site from files
- write posts in my favorite text editor and publish automatically
- self-host a file-based publishing platform
- migrate a wordpress blog to a simpler file-based site

## When to choose
- you want to publish content by editing files rather than using a CMS interface
- you prefer writing in markdown or plain text with your existing editor
- you want a simple personal blog, portfolio, or photo site
- you want to sync content via Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, or Git

## When to avoid
- you need fully supported self-hosting - it is explicitly unsupported
- you need a dynamic web application with databases and user accounts
- you want a free hosting option - the hosted service is paid
- you need multi-user or team publishing workflows

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, http-server, templating, markdown, file-upload
- domain: web-development, cms, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: file-based-publishing, blogging, dropbox-sync, git-sync, hosted-service, expressjs, agpl, nodejs, docker, web-server, macos

## Member repositories
- davidmerfield/blot (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.583105+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:04:41.447364+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/davidmerfield/blot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.583105+00:00, sha f3c56d9a0341)
  - homepage: https://blot.im (fetched 2026-08-29T10:44:01.741834+00:00, sha 765b2e1d9acc)
  - site_page: https://blot.im/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:44:01.755858+00:00, sha bb6f7f34c75f)
  - site_page: https://blot.im/how (fetched 2026-08-29T10:44:01.750659+00:00, sha f05ab1f4736d)
  - site_page: https://blot.im/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T10:44:01.753339+00:00, sha 225bfa1466e3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.