I’ve been journaling in public using Craft. But I’m curious about alternatives. Between Substack and Medium, I prefer Medium’s minimal look.

Totally agree with some things that Medium could do better. But personally, I dislike Substack’s focus on (and perception as) newsletters vs long reads. For example, that first thing a 1st time visitor sees is a subscribe-form.

You can try @imsh4yy's Draftdock app (draftdock.com). It is a lightweight and minimal blogging platform.

Draftdock

draftdock.com

See if one of this works for you: blot.im or bearblog.dev . Another option is to take a look at indieblog.page searching for some reference.

Give Bloggi.co and Pagy.co by @hernan a look. I am sure you will love it and find it valuable.