Textpattern CMS is completely free, open source software and it's built upon proven web technologies too. Furthermore, it doesn’t muddy your HTML with additional code dependencies or script libraries. Textpattern has a powerful tag-based template language that’s easy to learn and provides a wealth of ways to structure a website and manipulate content. We purposefully keep the core of the CMS lean and responsive. However the system is fully extendable via plugins, of which there are hundreds available. Over 21 years of development has been lovingly poured into our CMS. The active, friendly and helpful community surrounding the platform ensures its continued success and guides its future. Our CMS ships with built-in support for Textile and has support for Markdown with a plugin. Alternatively, you can write plain text or vanilla HTML if you so wish.
Uses MySQL as its back-end.
Someone also assembled a directory of metadata tags used by Pelican in its templates.
Someone built a list of all of Pelican's configuration settings and variables, and what they mean. Useful as a reference to the templating language.
Postlight's Awesome CMS is a collection of open and closed source Content Management Systems (CMS) for your perusal.
Ethical and privacy-conscious alternatives for websites and apps.
Some useful suggestions for bloggers who are also politically or socially active, i.e., a likely target of (secret) police because of their opinions or social connections. In short, develop a contingency plan in the event that you are captured, hospitalized, or killed that lets trusted associates act in your stead on your website. I've looked over this article and they recommend a large number of things that I also have built into my dead man's switches, so I recommend it.