List Of Free Desktop Blogging Softwares
It is a must to use a desktop blogging software if you want to create posts easily. They provide extra functionality that can significantly speed up the blogging process for both newbies and professionals. You can find a lot of desktop blogging software out there; some are free and some cost a few dollars. I made a list here of the best “free desktop blogging softwares” that you can find on the web!
Take a look at these awesome desktop blogging softwares:
1. Windows Live Writer (WLW)
WLW makes it easy to share your photos and videos on almost any blog service — Windows Live, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, and many more.
WLW is probably the most popular desktop blogging software today. It is an impressive blog editor, and is probably the cleanest one.
For a complete review about Windows Live Writer, click here.
2. Thingamablog
Thingamablog is a cross-platform, standalone blogging application that makes authoring and publishing your weblogs almost effortless. Unlike most blogging solutions, it does not require a third-party blogging host, a cgi/php enabled web host, or a MySQL database. In fact, all you need to setup, and manage, a blog with Thingamablog is FTP, SFTP, or network access to a web server.
3. BlogDesk
As an offline weblog client, BlogDesk lets you comfortably write and effortlessly publish new entries to your blog. No need to use those annoying HTML Tags in the WYSIWYG editor. Images can be directly inserted and are automatically uploaded. Even publishing simultaneously to multiple blogs is a matter of a click.
Zoundry Raven is the next generation WYSIWYG blog editor that makes posting to your blogs easier and faster. It’s as easy to use as a word processor, plus it includes simple tools to add links, tags, photos, music, video files, and more.
It supports Blogger, TypePad, MovableType, MetaWeblog and LiveJournal. The tool is available as a portable application which you can use on your USB device. Finally, you can use Raven to create and modify your WordPress pages just like any other blog post and set WordPress tags as well as import tags from all of your posts.
5. w.bloggar
The w.bloggar is an application that acts as an interface between the user and one or more blog(s); in other words, it is a Post and Template editor, with several features and resources that the browser based blog editors do not offer.
Because w.bloggar runs over the Windows GUI, it allows the user to edit posts without being connected to the Internet. Posts can be saved locally; and anytime the user wants to publish a new text, one click on the w.bloggar icon in the system tray brings up the editor, and one more click will post it to the weblog.
6. Qumana (Windows, Mac)
Qumana is an easy-to-use desktop blogging editor, enabling you to write, edit and post to one or more blogs. You can use it even when you are offline. Save your blog posts to your hard drive and upload whenever you like. Great for bloggers on the move!
Its features include easy text formatting and image insertion, simple Technorati tagging, and advertising insertion with Q Ads*.
*Make money from your blog content by inserting the ads of your choice with the built-in Q Ads tool.
7. Post2Blog
Post2Blog is a handy blog editor with live spellchecking and Flickr, Word, Firefox, RSS Readers integration. The tool also has a “Portable Mode” support, integration with RSS Bandit and Sharp Reader — you can post selected items from these RSS readers using Post2Blog plugin. You can also add Technorati, Delicious, 43 Things tags to your posts and earn money using “Insert Amazon Link” feature.
8. Bleezer (Mac, Windows, Linux)
Bleezer is a freeware that has all the standard features as well as some advanced functionality. Spell checking, pinging services, uploading files and FTP capabilities are available. It’s a handy little tool that is quick and efficient.