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Blot
by Blot
What Blot is
Blot creates websites from files and folders instead of a publishing interface or form editor. Files placed in a synced site folder become posts automatically. You can build the site with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, choose templates for blogs, portfolios, documentation, galleries, or journals, and connect a custom domain. Folders can sync through Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, or Git. Blot supports post scheduling, blog analytics, and integrations for analytics, automatic posting, newsletters, comments, audio, images, and video, including Google Analytics, Zapier, Mailchimp, Disqus, SoundCloud, and YouTube. It runs on the web and can be self-hosted, with source code under the AGPL license. The paid Blot plan costs $6 a month per site and combines 1 TB of bandwidth and storage per year per site as a soft limit. There is no free plan. Dropbox files over 100 MB are not synced, while Git pushes are limited to 1.9 GB.
Who it suits
Blot suits people who prefer managing website content as files and folders. It is useful for blogs, portfolios, documentation, galleries, and journals needing code-level customization.
What it does well
- Files become posts automatically
- Supports custom domains and custom code
- Syncs through several storage and Git services
- Includes scheduling and blog analytics
- Source code is AGPL licensed
What to know first
- No free plan is listed
- Costs $6 a month per site
- Dropbox syncing excludes files over 100 MB
- Hosted folders can be readable by visitors
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Blot | $6 per month per site · 1 TB of bandwidth and storage combined per year, per site (soft limit) | $6 a month |
As blot.im lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Blot takes a file-based approach to publishing and offers substantial control through code and templates. Its paid model, file limits, and public-folder warning matter when choosing it.
Facts from Blot's own pages
- Blog analytics
- Yes · blot.im, 21 Sept 2026
- Custom domain
- Yes · blot.im, 21 Sept 2026
- Customization
- Blot supports using HTML, CSS and JavaScript to build for the web. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Data caution
- Blot says not to store sensitive information on the service because site folders are hosted on its servers and their contents can be accessed by readers. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- File limit
- Blot syncs individual Dropbox files up to 100 MB; larger files are not synced. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- File syncing
- A site folder can sync through Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud or Git. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2013 · blot.im, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · blot.im, 21 Sept 2026
- Funding
- Blot says it is funded by customers, has no investors or advertisers, and does not sell user data. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Git limit
- Git pushes are limited to 1.9 GB, and a single push can take up to 1 hour to upload. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Blot lists tools for analytics, automatic posting, newsletters, comments, audio, images and video, including Google Analytics, Zapier, Mailchimp, Disqus, SoundCloud and YouTube. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Blot describes its purpose as helping people create their own websites and share their work on the internet. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Blot’s source code is available under the AGPL license, and the site says users can download it, view changes and contribute patches. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Blot says it stores account email, password hash, site list and certain payment or folder access tokens, and does not share stored data unless compelled by law. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- Files added to a folder become posts on the site automatically. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Post scheduling
- Yes · blot.im, 21 Sept 2026
- Paid from
- 6 · blot.im, 21 Sept 2026
- Support
- Blot provides support by email at [email protected]. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Templates
- Blot offers templates for site types including blogs, portfolios, documentation, galleries and journals. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom code · blot.im, 21 Sept 2026
- What it does
- Blot generates a website from files and folders, without a publishing interface or forms. · blot.im, 11 Oct 2026
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