BLOG SOFTWARE AND TOOLS
WordPress, Free Blog Tool and Weblog Platform - PHP
TypePad
ExpressionEngine (Php & MySQL)
BBlog - Free php blog software
b2evolution
Blog:CMS
Roller
SimplyBlog Software
BlogCFM - Free Coldfusion Blog Software
greymatter: weblog/journal software (Perl-based)
WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.
wordpress.org/
Build a great looking, ad-free blog in minutes. Customize the way it looks, illustrate it with photos, serve up RSS feeds and podcasts: TypePad gives you the power and control you deserve.
www.typepad.com/
ExpressionEngine is a wonderful weblog software with terrific functions in one package. ExpressionEngine is a highly flexible, feature-rich web publishing system that empowers individuals, organizations, and companies around the world to create dynamic, content-driven websites...
www.pmachine.com
bBlog is a powerful, elegant personal publishing system written in PHP and released as free, Open Source software under the GPL. It is a flexible but simple way to blog that works for blogging beginners, and can grow into a more advanced user's needs.
www.bblog.com/
It includes almost any feature you could expect from a blog tool. It's free (instant download), it's open-source (GPL), it runs virtually anywhere (PHP/mySQL) and it's available in many languages!
b2evolution.net/
The Most Advanced Personal Content Management System. Run on MySQL 4.0 database (mysql), or MySQL 4.1 database (mysqli), or SQLite database (bundled with PHP 5.0), PHP 4.0.6 or higher, including PHP 5.0.
blogcms.com/
Roller is the open source blog server that drives Sun Microsystem's blogs.sun.com employee blogging site, IBM DeveloperWorks blogs, thousands of internal blogs at IBM Blog Central, the Javalobby's 10,000 user strong JRoller Java community site, and hundreds of other blogs world-wide. If you want to set up a blog server for yourself or for several thousand of your closest friends, then Roller is the perfect choice.
www.pmachine.com/
SimplyBlog is free for personal and non-profit use. If you'd like to use it in a corporate environment, or would like to support it, a $50.00 payment is suggested.
www.kamat.com/community/software/
BlogCFM is a totally free, open-source blog application for Coldfusion and Bluedragon. BlogCFM supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server databases.
www.blogcfm.org/
Greymatter is the original opensource weblogging and journal software. If you want a free, Perl-based blogging system, then Greymatter may be something you wish to check out.
www.sixapart.com/movabletype