Recently i was very eager to write blogs - obv there are platforms like dev.to , medium but i wanted something of my own , like portfolio & a blog platform which would apparently make me look like a cracked engineer xD which am definitely trying to be by learning everyday...
coming to the topic , i wanted a swiss-knife platform that had every features a robust blogging platform would contain - Editor , Admin , upload Photos without managing CDNs of own , not worrying about Infra but relying on Free infrastructure provided by generous cloud platforms ( ex : Render )
Introducing Aurora :
Now there are many Blogging platforms in the world , why did i chose to build one myself ?
- Imposter Syndrome ( wanted something of my own )
- Customized Feature set that i wanted to exist in a Technical Blogging Platform / Dashboard
Coming to the Features :
there are a tonnes of feature the app has got included , you would absolutely love with the admin panel that helps you manage ur blogs , portfolio etc...
It would be better if you just use the platform rather than reading my 2-page long post on why its better ...
you would like it fs , just give it a try :D
Exclusive Note : its can be easily deployed over Render with 2-3 Clicks , read Readme.md !
Surya-sourav
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Aurora
Self-hostable feature riched portfolio and technical blog platform.
Aurora : A Robust swiss-knife App for Technical Blogging
A self-hostable portfolio and technical blog platform.
Aurora ships an editor-first blog, a portfolio page, a career timeline, notes, bookmarks, and an admin dashboard — as a single Docker Compose stack. Deploy it to Render with one click, point it at a Postgres database, and start writing.
$ ls ~/
blog/ notes/ career/ bookmarks/ interests/ uses/ now/
Features
Content
- Blog posts with markdown, syntax highlighting, callouts (
> [!note]), KaTeX math, Mermaid diagrams, and wikilinks ([[slug]]) - Categories to group posts (tech · finance · philosophy · …)
- Series for multi-part write-ups, with prev/next navigation baked into each post
- Short-form notes / TILs
- Bookmarks with commentary
- Career timeline with company logos
- Portfolio page with a photo gallery
- Editable
/usesand/nowpages
Reader experience
- Auto-generated table of contents, reading progress bar, view counts
- Related-post suggestions, social share buttons, Mastodon-based…
Demo :
Custom Feature Options :
Admin Panel :
Portfolio :
-- A cool terminal to navigate ;D
Blogs come empowered with share functionality
More features are riched and updates would roll-out on custom requests.
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