Medium vs Publii
Medium and Publii are both blogging and static sites software. Medium is a commercial product from A Medium Corporation. Publii is open source under GPL-3.0, with 7.4k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Medium when
- You want to write and reach readers without running a site, and do not need your own brand or domain.
- Pick Publii when
- A non-developer wants a fast static blog or small business site without running a server.
Side by side
A hosted blogging platform with built-in readership, where writers can earn from a paywall programme.
A desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux that lets you write posts in a WordPress-like editor and publishes a static website to hosting such as Netlify, GitHub Pages or FTP.
Medium controls distribution and the paywall, and you build its audience rather than your own.
Editing happens on one computer, so multi-author teams are awkward, and premium themes cost extra.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and mobile app
Desktop app
Not published
JavaScript, Vue, Electron and Handlebars
Closed source, sold by A Medium Corporation
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
4.2k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
7.4k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 8 years ago, latest release v.0.48.1-build-17582.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.