Tools I Use For Blogging
Tags: blogging, beginners, opensource
Published: 2018-08-24 08:36:55

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title: Tools I Use For Blogging
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description: Sharing some tools i use for blogging
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This post is specially written for the celebration of completing 200+ followers on dev.to . 

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I started blogging about technologies, nature and Science at a young age of 13 , at 2014 I started a Blogger blog called **AlphaPedia** , it had barely 1000 monthly unique visitors and 5 to 10 daily visitors. That time I knew nothing about blogging , so after few weeks I got bored and started mainly focusing on Programming so I Left Blogging!

But Again, In 2018 , Palash Bauri returned , enriched with knowledge and skills. . . I started a new blog **[Adventure Of Palash](https://palash.tk)** and It is a kind of success to me.

Now It has more than 7000 unique visitors and increasing.

> I'm thinking of writing an article how to start with no money and create & maintain a good looking blog.

I mainly use open source technologies to run and maintain my blog, today I'll share with you guys what tools I use for blogging.

So Let's Start!


### • GitHub Pages

If you're from open source community, you might have heard the name of platform **[GitHub](https://github.com)**

Yes you guessed right I use [GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com) to host my blog.

### • Git

As usual a version control is definitely needed to use GitHub and Push Changes.

Being easy to use and default on GitHub , I Use [Git](https://git-scm.com) ,

### • Jekyll & Jasper 2 (theme)

[Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com) is the preferred static site generator for GitHub Pages , so as usual I use Jekyll to build my site with help of [Travis-CI](https://travis-ci.com) (I had to use [Travis-CI](https://travis-ci.com) because due to security reasons GitHub doesn't support some plugins)

I always wanted to use the **[Ghost](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost)** blogging platform , but I couldn't find a cheap way to use it. But Fortunately I found a Jekyll theme called [Jasper2](https://github.com/jekyller/jasper2) which helped my blog to get a **[Ghost](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost)** like look.

### • Remarkable

When writing articles on computer i use [Remarkable](https://github.com/jamiemcg/remarkable) to write.

It's easy to use and fast!

### • Markor

Open Source Markdown editor for Android which I'm currently using to write this article.

I use to so much , to write todos , keep notes of some ideas and much more

[Markor](https://github.com/gsantner/markor) is a great tool!

### • MrHyde

When I'm on mobile and want to publish a new article or make some changes I usually use [MrHyde](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.faudroids.mrhyde) , an Android app for maintaining Jekyll Blogs.

That's a very useful app which even has an editor to make some instant changes.

But bad news is , it's not maintained by Developers anymore. 😟

> Due to GDPR , MrHyde might not be available on Play Store in your country, so you can download it from here <https://m.apkpure.com/mrhyde/org.faudroids.mrhyde>

### • Canva , Adobe Spark Post, GIMP

To make blog post banners and make some graphics I use often use [Canva](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.canva.editor) or [Adobe Spark Post](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.spark.post) when using Android and when on Computer I use [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org).

They are awesome tools.

These are the tools which I use for my blog. You can try them, I hope you'll like it.

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